male teachers and male principals
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Anonymous
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Not OP. Actually, as the mom of both a girl and a boy, having a more even distribution of male and female teachers would benefit all children. Why would we expect our children to be comfortable growing up surrounded only by female teachers? And if it's true that there are more male teachers at higher levels, what does that say to my children about gender equality? Do we really need a paper to tell us this fact? I'm finding it hard to really believe that a teacher and admistrator would not be simply wondering about this fact. Dan Kindlon's expose about raising boys (Raising Cain) provides one such point of view. There are others. The question should be "show me the study that states that a 90% female teaching body does NOT affect how our children perceive themselves", not "show me the study that looks at the obvious".
Moving from a different city on the West Coast, a few years ago, I have the experience of dynamic male *and* female school principals taking a failing school and raising it to levels of good achievements. My old city had a school lottery system, so I had to learn about pretty much all schools within reach, the good and thee bad. I'm not sure I've seen that sort of infectious enthusiasm in any school around here -- so I'm a bit more cautious in asking for a more even balance in my children's school. The last thing I want to see is what some PPs descrive as power plays in the teacher's ranks. But it's something that really irks me. |
Anonymous
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We live in SF and my DD's public elementary school had a female principal, who then left and a 1st grade male teacher became principal. He was a thousand times better in terms of us liking him, feeling we could go to him with any issues, feeling confident he'd resolve said issues, etc.
Right now, the teaching market is saturated - we have more teachers than America needs, and being a teacher really sucks these days, plus pays shit. So with all that I don't see many college guys deciding to go majoring in education. |
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http://m.theatlantic.com/sexes/archive/2013/06/stop-penalizing-boys-for-not-being-able-to-sit-still-at-school/276976/ http://www.nea.org/home/44609.htm http://tip.duke.edu/node/829 |
Anonymous
Let alone being looked at with suspicion for enjoying teaching boys, or the general climate in public schools that creativity is out, +est scores are in.... My concern isn't the # of male teachers (although I agree With OP that it sends a positive message to Boys and also GIRLS), my concern is that creative ''fun"learning seems to be only something those who afford private schools now get. |
Anonymous
First, none of these articles would be considered research "literature." They are nice articles about ways boys learn differently. NONE of them say anything about having male teachers or principals, nor do they cite any research that supports OP's (not sure if PP is OP or not) assertion that boys perform better with male principals and male teachers. |
Anonymous
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There is plenty of literature on the impact of male teachers for boys and growing criticism of boys being "pussified" by a patriarchally dominated school system.
Google web and scholar results http://mje.mcgill.ca/article/download/559/449 https://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/10/fred-reed/the-wussification-of-boys/ http://boldanddetermined.com/2011/11/10/the-continued-pussification-of-the-american-male/ Male Teachers as Role Models: Addressing Issues of Masculinity, Pedagogy and the Re-Masculinization of Schooling WAYNE JOHN MARTINO Article first published online: 19 FEB 2008 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-873X.2007.00405.x 2008 by The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. Issue Curriculum Inquiry Volume 38, Issue 2, pages 189–223, March 2008 Too many to paste. Search "pussification of boys AND education. |
Anonymous
Correction: auto-correct Patriarchally should read Matriarchally |
Anonymous
| Wow. There's a search I would never conduct -- my opinion of humanity doesn't need to be lowered, thanks. |