NSW: Inquiry launched into shortage of male teachers

AAP General News (Australia);  March 13, 2001 ;     148 words ......launched into shortage of male teachers The New South Wales Department...today into the shortage of male teachers in primary schools. Male teacher numbers in primary...teacher salaries and because male teachers are not welcomed into...'s quoted as saying ...

Staff gender balance in primary schools

Research in Education;  November 1, 2002 ;   Bricheno, Pat; Thornton, Mary;   787 words ......media the lack of male teachers and male role models...13 per cent of primary teachers are men...female teachers in primary schools and pupil achievement...Method The lists of primary schools published by fifty...group of 1,000 primary schools. Of these ...

NSW; World first study finds shocking declone in male teachers

AAP General News (Australia);  September 21, 2002 ;     178 words ......shocking declone in male teachers SYDNEY, Sept 22 AAP...decline in the number of male teachers in NSW primary schools. The Sun-Herald reports...state's 1,650 public primary schools do not have a male teacher or principal...study also visited a primary ...

"Male Teachers in Feminised Teaching Areas: Marching to the Beat of the...

Women and Language;  March 22, 2002 ;     198 words ...Roulston, K. and M. Mills. Male Teachers in Feminised Teaching Areas...221-237. Calls for more male teachers are prevalent in current gender...school because of a lack of male role models in feminised areas...the school curriculum and in primary schools. Little research has ...

Male teachers

The Press;  June 18, 2003 ;     141 words ......to offer scholarships to get more male teachers in our primary schools. I do, however, feel that until society...stigma and suspicion directed towards male teachers, this may very well turn out to be...paranoia that is associated with male teachers. I find it incredible ...

Fed: Govt misses the point on male teachers, union

AAP General News (Australia);  March 10, 2004 ;     256 words ......Govt misses the point on male teachers, union MELBOURNE, March...per cent of teachers at primary schools are male, falling to 14 per cent for Catholic primary schools in NSW, while 250 government schools in NSW had no male teachers. Prime Minister John...solution to the ...

Male teachers could disappear from primary schools by the end of the...

The Independent - London;  July 31, 1996 ;     126 words ...Male teachers could disappear from primary schools by the end of the century, a senior government official...family. Female teachers have long outnumbered men in primary schools. However, from one in four in the Sixties, the number...

Leading Article: Primary schools need more male teachers

The Independent - London;  April 23, 2002 ;     299 words ......Government's Teacher Training Agency to increase the number of male teachers in primary schools has to be welcomed. But encouraging as the move is, it...classrooms would benefit from an increase in the number of male teachers. With the growth in single-parent families, he may be...

PLEASE SIR.. CAN WE HAVE SOME MORE SIRS; Primary schools need more male...

Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  September 30, 2008 ;     320 words ......By Alison Kershaw MORE male teachers are needed in primary schools to provide role models...questioned also said that male teachers were more approachable...heard positive things about male teachers. Not everyone can be a...CAPTION(S): ROLE MODELS: Male ...

Fed: Finding male teachers still a problem: Catholic education

AAP General News (Australia);  March 15, 2005 ;     386 words ......03-15-2005 Fed: Finding male teachers still a problem: Catholic...new ways to attract male teachers to primary schools following a lack of...address the shortage of male teachers, in primary schools. Under the plan, 500...

Do we really need more male teachers in our primary schools?

The Scotsman;  January 16, 2002 ;   PENELOPE HARNET;   433 words ......THE new drive north and south of the Border to recruit male teachers is today's response to the long-standing discrepancy...teaching profession, which has reduced the number of male teachers. However, turning to the historical record it is evident...Penelope Harnett carried out a study; Men and ...

School's in for male teachers.

Australasian Business Intelligence;  February 27, 2003 ;     174 words ......Statistics figures indicate the number of male teachers in Tasmania continues to decline...Australia declined from 25.8 to 20.9 in primary schools, and from 49.4 to 44.9 in secondary...between 1992 and 2002. There were 2192 male teachers and 3910 female teachers in Tasmania...1992. ...

Lack of male teachers could affect children's education

The Sunday Herald;  August 15, 1999 ;   Torcuil Crichton; torcuil.crichton@sundayherald.com;   739 words ......of teachers in Scottish primary schools has become so overwhelmingly...affected. Pupils returning to primary schools this week are even more...fear the small number of male teachers and the proportionate growth...school. The contribution of male teachers, a rare ...

Male teachers suffer legacy of radical feminism

The Press;  July 12, 2003 ;     148 words ......lamented and suggested reasons for the small number of male teachers in New Zealand's primary schools. Reading Lynley Hood's A City Possessed has left me, one of these few male teachers, certain that a major reason for our minority representation...

Education: School is no-man's land; The lack of male teachers working in...

The Birmingham Post (England);  November 25, 2002 ;     734 words ......Naqvi Walk into any primary school in Birmingham...unique to Birmingham - primary schools across the Midlands...early experience in primary schools. The theory, which...getting more men into primary schools is one that falls upon...shortage of males in primary ...