Gender and Education topic: Lack of Male Teachers

The article I researched was by Johnson on the lack of Male Teachers in the workforce. It is seen that only about 1 in 10 teacher is a man. In many schools without male teachers, the children my not have a male role model, especially of the child's father is not present in his or her life. Some of the reasons men decide against teaching are to do with the low wage, lack of prestige, and especially in early education there is a stigma about men being alone with children. For example, when walking down the road, if a woman sees a little baby in a stroller with her mother and the woman thought the baby was cute and said hello to the baby it would be socially acceptable, if a man saw the baby and mother and knelt down to say hello to the baby it may cause suspicion. It is also noted that society in some ways still believes men manage and women teach. They may think of a male teacher as being soft or feminine for teaching. These are a few things covered in the article and is a very interesting ready.

There is a short video cover the basics of what Johnson is talking about.

The full article can be found here. http://ceep.indiana.edu/projects/PDF/PB_V6N4_Winter_2008_EPB.pdf