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Number of Male Teachers at an All Time Low
Over the past two decades, the ratio of men to women teaching in the classroom has steadily declined. Now, the National Education Association says the number of men teachers is at a 40-year low. The UEA said it believes Utah is right in line with that sliding trend. Fewer male teachers are going into education, […]
Read MoreMale teachers are a rare breed – particularly when it comes to early years classrooms
Brendan Creaney is a man without fear. He is lying on his back, mouth wide open, on a pretend dentist’s chair while a group of three and four-year-olds poke about in his mouth and examine his teeth. Eventually, his dental appointment is over and he is allowed to get up. Role-playing is all in a […]
Read MoreEditorial – Ten years teaching a course in Male Involvement
Paul Proett has been teaching a college class about Male Involvement in early childhood for ten years at Canada College. That has to be some type of record! Canada College isn’t in Canada – it’s in Redwood, California, USA and he’s offered it in the Early Childhood Studies department. He has included topics about men teaching and […]
Read MoreSchool pays student loans to recruit male staff
A SCHOOL in Melbourne’s west is offering to pay its former students’ HECS debts and guarantee employment to graduating male primary school teachers, as it tries to recruit male teachers and tackle gender imbalance in the staffroom. At Westbourne Grammar School in the outer western suburb of Truganina, male students who go on to study […]
Read MoreNational Education Report – Status of American Teachers (2000-2001)
National Education Association NEAResearch has conducted surveys on the status of the American public school teacher every five years since 1956. The current report profiles the status of teachers for the school year 2000-2001. These surveys provide continuing data on the professional and personal characteristics of teachers, the current status of their teaching conditions, their […]
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