Men in Early Childhood Education: Their Emergent Issues

Men in Early Childhood Education: Their Emergent Issues

Focus groups were used to explore emergent issues for men in early childhood education. Preservice teachers, classroom teachers, and male professors identified six categories of issues, including low salaries, family and other influences on entering the field, teaching beyond the basics, improvement...

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Veröffentlicht in:Early childhood education journal 2001, Vol.29 (2), p.77
Hauptverfasser: Cooney, Margaret H, Bittner, Mark T
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
College Faculty
Early Childhood Education
Focus Groups
Gender Issues
Gender studies
Males
Men
Preschool Teachers
Preservice Teachers
Teacher Education
Teacher Recruitment
Teaching (Occupation)
Teaching Conditions
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Zusammenfassung:Focus groups were used to explore emergent issues for men in early childhood education. Preservice teachers, classroom teachers, and male professors identified six categories of issues, including low salaries, family and other influences on entering the field, teaching beyond the basics, improvement of preservice education, recruitment of males, and advantages and disadvantages of males in the field. (Author/KB)
ISSN:1082-3301
1573-1707
DOI:10.1023/A:1012564610349