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Pupils make more effort with male teachers as they are seen as ‘more fair’
Pupils try harder for male teachers, according to an official study. They make more effort to please them, display greater self-esteem and are more likely to believe they are being treated fairly. The findings are particularly significant as more than a quarter of primary schools do not have a single male teacher. With the number […]
Read MoreLooking for male role models in Australia
Primary school children risk facing a lack of adult male role models, as fewer than 20 per cent of primary school teachers are male. While the number of female primary school teachers continue to grow, it appears male educators are a rare breed. Mark Osborne, from Immaculate Heart Primary, is one of only two male […]
Read MoreNew Jersey schools are looking for quite a few good men
David Thies was one of those kids who played school at home. “I’d rope in my grandmother and sister to be my students,” he said. By middle school, he knew he wanted to be a teacher and work with elementary school children. What he did not realize right away was how unusual that would make […]
Read MoreMale teacher crisis falls off the agenda
Children face going through school without ever having a male teacher because of falling numbers of men in primary schools. Male teacher numbers in Government primary schools have dropped below 20 per cent for the first time in a decade as classrooms become female-dominated. Catholic primary schools across the state have even lower proportions of […]
Read MoreWhere have South Australia’s male teachers gone?
Fewer than one in five students studying teaching in the state’s universities and TAFEs are male as the exodus of men from schools worsens. South Australian Tertiary Admissions Centre figures for 2009 show there are 152 males (or 19 per cent) and 650 females enrolled in teaching courses. This compares to a ratio of one […]
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