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MenTeach E-News – June 2011
1) Pro football player spending the lockout as a substitute teacher 2) Council of European Union Recommends Increasing the Percentage of Male Teachers 3) New JOURNAL OF MEN’S STUDIES – Men and Teaching: Good Intentions and Productive Tensions. 4) Men in Early Childhood Education Report from Manitoba Canada 5) Do you need a job teaching? […]
Read MoreNew JOURNAL OF MEN’S STUDIES – Men and Teaching: Good Intentions and Productive Tensions.
This article points to the complex context of what often is seen as both un- problematic and problematic simultaneously–men and teaching. In addition to brief words on the articles included in this special issue of JMS, the Guest Editors reflect on the contradictions, tensions, strategies and experiences of men who teach. This introduction aims to […]
Read MoreA New Book about Boisterous, Vigorous, and Very Physical Play
“Big body play”–the sometimes rowdy, always very physical running, rolling, climbing, tagging, jumping, grabbing, and wrestling that most children love and many adults try to shut down–can and should be an integral part of every early childhood setting. Drawing from evidence-based practice and the latest research, this book explains the multitude of benefits of big […]
Read MoreMale Teachers in Malta
Male teachers are already a rarity in Maltese primary schools, statistics issued by the Ministry of Education show. Fifteen of Malta’s primary schools are entirely staffed by female teachers, with statistics showing that 650 of 790 primary school teachers are female. The situation is more balanced in the secondary level were there are 785 male […]
Read MoreHelp with research about Middle-Class African-American Male Teachers Teaching Low-Income African-American Students
Dear Friends and Colleagues, I am searching for participants for a research project focused on the experience of African-American men teaching in urban schools with a large population of African-American students from a low-income socioeconomic background. Involvement includes completion of short questionnaire and a face-to-face interview or virtual interview via Skype which will take approximately […]
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