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False Allegations Create Nightmare for Male Teacher
I recently read an article you co-authored in Dimensions of Early Childhood entitled Reducing Aggression with Touch. I thought it was a great article. You even referenced positive touch with young children as including back and should rubs. I wanted to share a horror story of mine with you regarding student touch and allegations against male teachers. I was […]
Read MoreStory about a man teaching in New Zealand
“I emphasise what you can do with technology and science, how you can bring your interests to the job and stress how we work in a teaching environment as well as a nurturing one.” Adam was a truck driver for many years before a work place accident left him needing to seek a new career. “I […]
Read MoreUsing the pronoun “he” for teacher
I have a male student in a curriculum development class. One of the class assignments was to evaluate a child’s portfolio. The child was identified as “Chase” but no teacher name or identity was given. I was just reading this male’s student’s evaluation, and throughout his narrative, he referred to the teacher as “he.” I’ve […]
Read MoreNew Research – Male Elementary Teachers: Myths and Realities
I have completed a doctoral dissertation entitled Male Elementary Teachers: Myths and Realities. It will be available from Proquest/UMI in the next two or three months. If you want more information, please feel free to contact me. You can read the Abstract in the FORUM.
Read MoreKohanga reo [New Zealand Maori Schools] show way in bringing men back
Maori are showing how New Zealand can improve its dire shortage of male teachers in early childhood education, says a world authority. Less than 1 per cent of New Zealand’s teachers in early childcare centres are men, one of the lowest rates in the world, says Jan Peeters, co-ordinator of the Resource and Training Centre […]
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