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Hundreds of ties means teacher doesn’t wear same one twice all school year
Don McAllister changes ties like some people change shoes. Ghost ties come out in October. December brings ties with Santa and snowmen. “I probably have about 30 Christmas ties,” he said. McAllister didn’t start out as a tie wearer. “It really happened when I started teaching in the early ’80s. I probably owned four or […]
Read MoreWrite your story for a new book
TO: Male Educators FROM: Dr. Sheldon Woods, Associate Professor, Northern Illinois University Dr. Lemuel W. Watson, Professor and Dean of Education, Northern Illinois University DATE: June 5, 2009 DEADLINE: September 15, 2009 SUBJECT: Invitation to contribute a Chapter to a Monograph about Men in the Lives of Children We are inviting you to contribute a […]
Read MoreAdditional movies about male teachers
I would like to add “Good Will Hunting” (1998) and “Finding Forrester” (2001) to your list of films portraying male teachers as role models. Perhaps a tad on the unorthodox side, both of these films deal with adolescents/young men ‘in trouble’ who happen to stumble across older males, also ‘in trouble’, who take on an […]
Read MorePublic Mixed on Gender Roles in Jobs; 7% Prefer Male Elementary School Teachers
MenTeach: There is much debate about what occupations men and women should have. In a study by Pew Research a survey shows there is bias towards one gender for specific occupations. “…the survey asked whether people are more comfortable dealing with a man or with a woman in a variety of positions of authority – […]
Read MoreWhy Boys Fail?
There’s a new book coming out in January 2010. The author, Richard Whitmire, talks about male teachers in one of his chapters: ‘I interviewed a passel of male teachers and former male teachers for a chapter in my new book The Trouble With Boys and here’s the reasons the men gave for leaving the classroom. […]
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