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Zusatztext This excellent book is about education equality, equity but ultimately gender. It challenges social stereotypes by examining how men work in predominately female education environments. Both Burn and Pratt-Adams show the importance of this area for education research and professional practice. The authors finding of the need for "alliance-work" between male and female teachers have important implications for children, parents, school governors and educational researchers in domestic and international settings. Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Burn is a retired academic with substantial experience of teaching in urban schools and higher education. She has researched extensively in the field of social justice and is now involved in setting up a community theatre for disadvantaged teenagers. Simon Pratt-Adams is Head of the Department of Education in the Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education at Anglia Ruskin University, UK. Vorwort Explores the experiences of men who teach young children to identify clear strategies to increase the recruitment and retention of men into the occupation. Zusammenfassung Men Teaching Children 3-11 provides a comprehensive exploration of work experiences of men who teach young children. The authors draw on their own research as well as international studies to provide realistic strategies to help to remove barriers in order to develop a more gender-balanced teacher workforce. Burn and Pratt-Adams, former primary school teachers who have both experienced these unfair gender practices, also trace the historical roots of the gender barriers that have now become embedded within the occupational culture.Throughout Men Teaching Children 3-11 , the authors argue that primary school teachers should be judged by their teaching talents, rather than by the application of biased gender stereotypes; and that male and female teachers need to work together to remove these stereotypes from the occupation. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1. The Historical Background 2. Men Training to Teach Young Children3. The Role of Sport in Upholding Gender Practice4. Male Teachers and Discipline5. Male Role Models6. Male Teachers and Promotion7. Moral Panics 8. International Experiences and Perspectives9. Women Teachers Talking10. Removing Gender BarriersConclusionAppendixGlossaryBibliographyIndex...
