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A male teacher and his a one-room schoolhouse
On a brisk Wednesday morning on Catalina Island, teacher David Morse starts the school day by raising the flag and ringing the brass bell. First to appear are 10-year-old Malaya Barrios and her 7-year-old sister Aliah, riding their bicycles down a dirt road. The sisters park their bikes outside – there’s no need for bike […]
Read MoreMenTeach E-News – December 2011
1) Wanted: Black Male Teachers Across the Nation 2) Attracting More Men to Child Care – How to…and why you should 3) Researcher looking for male teachers 4) A man in a female dominated profession in Vietnam 5) A man teaching Kindergarten in Wisconsin 6) Male teacher ‘only planned a small stint’ 7) A male […]
Read MoreMale teacher ‘only planned a small stint’
Peter Harper moved to Methven with the intention of only staying a couple of years. Now, 31 years later, he’s ended his career at Mount Hutt College and finds himself in a strange place – the job market. His departure isn’t retirement; it’s just a change of scenery. Mr Harper came from a teaching family […]
Read MoreMen in Early Childhood Education in Austria
Spring 2010: Recent News In Austria, public debate about Early Childhood Education and Care continues. Plans to offer at least the last year of pre-school education free of charge, as well as steps to raise vocational education from secondary to tertiary level, are in broad discussion now. Our research confirms the importance of looking at […]
Read MoreA man teaching Kindergarten in Wisconsin
Rocco Marchionda is a bit of an oddity. At a glance, his kindergarten classroom at Merrill Elementary School in Oshkosh looks like any other song-filled, activity-oriented room of 5- and 6-year olds. The unusual part is Marchionda himself: He’s a man. Teaching kindergarten. “Pretty much everyone I’ve ever worked with is female. I can’t imagine […]
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