Male Teachers and Gender Balance in Early Childhood Programs--Facing Gender Balance Issues: Our Need for Male Teachers Is Critical.

Bittner, Mark T.; Cooney, Margaret H.

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ERIC Number: EJ679709

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Publication Date: 2003

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Male Teachers and Gender Balance in Early Childhood Programs--Facing Gender Balance Issues: Our Need for Male Teachers Is Critical.

Bittner, Mark T.; Cooney, Margaret H.

Child Care Information Exchange, n153 p80-83 Sep-Oct 2003

Discusses three benefits of recruiting male early childhood teachers: creating a gender fair classroom, offering positive male role models, and improving wages for early childhood educators. Discusses institutional barriers to hiring male teachers and considers changes that must be made to overcome them. (JPB)

Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Objectives, Employment Practices, Gender Issues, Males, Personnel Integration, Preschool Teachers, Sex Bias, Sex Fairness, Sex Role, Teacher Recruitment

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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