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Write 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. […]
Read MoreAdding a few more good men to campus
Men are such a rare sight on the Wheelock College campus that a visitor might believe that the tiny school, tucked among the hospitals and other small colleges in the Fenway, admits only women. An admissions brochure features cheery testimonials such as: “Living in the dorms is so much fun. It’s like a sleepover every […]
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