Positive role models are also shown to decrease a youth's potential for risky behaviors such as drug and alcohol abuse, sexual intercourse, and violence. Female teachers are not any more generous or caring than male teachers. CiteSeerX - Document Details (Isaac Councill, Lee Giles, Pradeep Teregowda): This article focuses on the call for more male teachers as role models in elementary schools and treats it as a manifestation of "recuperative masculinity politics" (Lingard & Douglas, 1999). Found inside – Page 102Do we need more male teachers as role models? Perhaps this question needs to be problematized and reframed. What kind of male role models? teachers, peers, school, and religion. In this chapter I focus on the discourse of teachers as role models to highlight the conceptual limits of such an explanatory framework for making sense of teachers' lives and their impact on student learning in schools. 0000003674 00000 n By working in roles that are typically viewed as being more appropriate for . Found inside – Page 128A role model is an individual who can be admired and whose behaviour may be emulated . The argument in relation to male teachers ... Male teachers for 'role models'. Found inside – Page 140especially if there is no father figure at home' (student teacher, female). ... boys: 'A male teacher may be their only role model until secondary school. If male teachers are now required to fulfill a male role model representing "fatherliness", this will also entail inconsistencies, as fatherhood is strongly connected with the male breadwinner model and/or the "disciplinarian". The responses ranged from the comical ("On my first day I was asked to lift a fridge with the caretaker") to the appalling ("potential child abusers"), but a very clear top four emerged. By modeling these character traits, male teachers can shape their students’ ethical compass and might even inspire them to become teachers themselves. This article focuses on the call for more male teachers as role models in elementary schools and treats it as a manifestation of "recuperative masculinity politics" ( Lingard & Douglas, 1999). Studies also show that when youth can identify positive role models within their family or school, they are more likely to make healthy lifestyle choices regarding nutrition and exercise. This edited volume offers sound suggestions for advancing diversity in the teaching profession. The number of single parent families in Britain is increasing at a rate of over 20,000 per year and will soon number over two million. Over the last two decades with the proliferation of the feminist movement and a paradigm shift in male/female roles, men have appeared to dwindle out of the teaching profession . Your personal information is confidential at Giving Compass. Attention is drawn to the problematic gap between neo-liberal educational policy-related discussions about male teacher . "Because early childhood education is framed through the metaphor motherhood, men cannot fit this metaphor while simultaneously living up to the expectations of hegemonic masculinity and fatherhood" (ibid: 155). This article focuses on the call for more male teachers as role models in elementary schools and treats it as a manifestation of "recuperative masculinity politics" (Lingard & Douglas, 1999). Found inside – Page 43This book features seven teachers who are all caring and competent — and who all happen ... Beyond the importance of male role models in education , men are ... Chapter 1 Introduction: Men, the Classroom and Feminisation -- chapter 2 Gender and Teaching -- chapter 3 Perceptions of Teaching as a Career -- chapter 4 Social Background and Choice of Teaching -- chapter 5 Careers: Advice, Choice and ... 2. Found inside – Page 123Male Teacher Initiatives A major and oft-repeated recommendation of the new draft ... suggests recruiting and retaining more male role models—male teachers, ... Personally, he knows how . Found inside – Page 90It has been argued that the 'over feminisation' of the teaching profession and the resultant lack of male teachers as role models disadvantages boys, ... Found inside – Page 15Career perspectives of male students in early childhood education. ... Re-thinking 'role models': Equal opportunities in teacher recruitment in England and ... The need for male teachers as role models. Found inside – Page 24Martino and Meyenn argue that a teacher's own model of practicing ... Wayne Martino (2008) in his study Male Teachers as Role Models: Addressing Issues of ... Coaches Should Be Role Models . Found insideIdentity Bruising on the Route to Becoming a Male Primary School Teacher. ... “Male Teachers as Role Models: Addressing Issues of Masculinity, Pedagogy and ... Simultaneously, findings show male students need strong, charismatic teachers who combine steady discipline with understanding and good-natured . Male teacher shortage affects boys who need role models. Paragraph five- Boys respond more positively to correction given by a male figure. Over the last two decades with the proliferation of the feminist movement and a paradigm shift in male/female roles, men have appeared to dwindle out of the teaching profession . The school is a second home to K-12 students, and black boys don't have many role models who look the way that they do. It is a controversial, yet important issue, but more male teachers are needed in these areas, especially the primary grades. Their presence also is designed to offer those boys who are living in single-parent families with a father figure. Over 800 men were surveyed in a study to uncover the impact of male primary school teachers in boys' development. A role model must have the ability to show leadership, planned out ideas, and able to make a difference in the society. 0000023299 00000 n terplay between stereotypes, role models, and certainty of beliefs about ability, and two, we show, both conceptually and empirically, that the power of the messages that shared-identity teachers send to students about their potential to succeed in a subject may depend crucially on the distance Qualities that make a great teacher, like patience and sympathy, are not typically associated with men. However, a level of ambiguity surrounds the . • Josh Brown shares how male teachers can provide role models for students who might not have positive male figures in other parts of their lives. Teachers as Role Models. More than 75 percent of America's children say family members, family friends, teachers, coaches and community leaders are their role models, according to the 2008-2009 State of Our Nation's Youth survey by the Horatio Alger Association. Tel: 800-835-6770; Tel: 781-388-8599; Fax: 781-388-8232; e-mail: customerservices@blackwellpublishing.com; Web site: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/jnl_default.asp. This article focuses on the call for more male teachers as role models in elementary schools and treats it as a manifestation of "recuperative masculinity politics" (Lingard & Douglas, 1999). The role model argument - its empirical basis Despite apparently widespread acceptance of the view that the gender gap in achievement stems from the dearth of male role models in schools, research in Finland by Lahelma (2000) has suggested that high school students attach relatively little importance to the teacher's gender. AbstractThis article focuses on the call for more male teachers as role models in elementary schools and treats it as a manifestation of "recuperative masculinity politics" (Lingard & Douglas, 1999). Paragraph four- Gender match aids learning. For example, they have questioned the need for more male teachers and for boy-friendly teaching methods. In the pages of this book, you will find the words of the young men, whose passion for teaching is finally connecting with America's African American youth. 0000003058 00000 n By signing up, you agree to our terms of use. For 35 years, Len Saunders has been teaching physical education to elementary school children in Montville, N.J. Of the male teachers interviewed for this article, each found the profession via a different path: a career change, inspiring childhood role models, Peace Corps, Teach For . Methods: Child care centers (N = 28) serving low-income families were randomized to intervention or control arms. Like Ernesto, too many boys grow up without a strong male role model at home — or at school. The "male role model" seems, in short, a nonsensical phrase. 0000003943 00000 n male role models, I propose in this article, is the necessity of placing under critical investigation the effects of a regime or culture of hegemonic mas-culinity and gender normalization which produces the very polemic that contributes to the decline of male teachers entering elementary schools in the first place. Found insideThe personal role models selected by Ken and George include a white woman teacher ... male teachers of young children as much needed male role models for ... Personally, he knows how . The need for male teachers as role models. 0000011970 00000 n No matter. At least one million children in the UK today are growing up without a father. Myths about male teachers in primary schools. 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148. Discusses whether white male teachers can be positive role models for at-risk black male youth and concludes that they can if they are men of integrity who are willing to take on the risks associated with being a dedicated teacher. 0000004291 00000 n There are more and more boys growing up today without male role models. His father left him when he was young, and his mother worked multiple jobs to support him and his younger brother. The role of these male teachers as role models is an attempt to not only raise boys' academic achievements but to help improve standards of behaviour and attitudes towards learning. Abstract This article reports on research with one Black male elementary school teacher in Toronto and draws on feminist, queer, and antiracist analytic perspectives to raise important questions about the discourse of teachers as role models. There is a big push to recruit more male teachers, particularly in primary schools, to act as role models for their male pupils. Male teachers fight old stereotypes, but as boys lag behind academically, they have a better understanding of their development and can be positive role models. The role of these male teachers as role models is an attempt to not only raise boys' academic achievements but to help improve standards of behaviour and attitudes towards learning. Found inside – Page 91that the teachers appointed as role models do not undermine the roles they have ... However, a male teacher who is competent and effective, with similar ... Wednesday, 23 August, 2000, 20:00 GMT 21:00 UK. By Mark Roberts. Pages 15. eBook ISBN 9781003051787. Like Ernesto, too many boys grow up without a strong male role model at home — or at school. Thousands of male teachers are leaving secondary school classrooms every year, fuelling fears that a lack of role models is contributing to the under . That is the real ongoing crisis. 0000003859 00000 n Black Male Teachers as Role Models achievement can be enhanced by merely addressing low expectations and cultural stereotypes associated with minority students. The students at BSE benefit from several positive male role models in the form of their teachers. Lastly, male teachers were considered as role models in order to expose girls to alternate, non-violent and caring masculinities. On becoming a teacher . Josue Romero, a senior at Olympic High School in Charlotte, North Carolina, right, and his teacher, Mr . Read the full article about male teachers by Josh Brown at EdSource. This book provides an illuminating account of teachers’ own reflections on their experiences of teaching in urban schools. It's always good to have a role model closer to home, along with a famous role model. Paragraph two- Male teachers are role models for children without fathers. Attention is drawn to the problematic gap between neo-liberal educational policy-related discussions about male teacher shortage in elementary schools and research-based literature which provides a more nuanced analysis of the impact of gender relations on male teachers' lives and developing professional identities. In this sense, the article achieves three objectives: (1) it provides a context and historical overview of the emergence and re-emergence of the male role model rhetoric as a necessary basis for understanding the politics of "doing women's work" and the anxieties about the status of masculinity that this incites for male elementary school teachers; (2) it contributes to existing literature which traces the manifestation of these anxieties in current concerns expressed in the popular media about the dearth of male teachers; (3) it provides a focus on research-based literature to highlight the political significance of denying knowledge about the role that homophobia, compulsory heterosexuality and hegemonic masculinity play in "doing women's work." Found inside – Page 2059Interestingly, the most important attributes a teacher role model can possess ... male teachers to act as role models (Carrington, Tymms, & Merrell, 2008). x�b```f``:��������π �@1V ����V�O���8��)����M��1� �6j. A role model is a person who inspires and encourages us to strive for greatness, live to our fullest potential and see the best in ourselves. According to Robert L. Smith, "the achievement gap separating black boys from just about everyone else springs from a powerful, anti-education culture rising in the black community. For 35 years, Len Saunders has been teaching physical education to elementary school children in Montville, N.J. Beyond faulty arguments for male teachers to improve boys' academic outcomes or to act as role models and father figures, male teachers are needed in schools for psychological, social, organisational, and societal reasons. Found inside – Page 91Beyond test scores: The impact of black teacher role models on rigorous math-taking. Contemporary Economic Policy, 23(3), 416–428. Leavitt, D. R. (2010). Secondly, a 'daddy's girl' discourse was used to construct male teachers as favourable role models for girls. We watched our family, classmates, television, Internet and everybody around us. 0000002232 00000 n This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This book will be of interest to academics, undergraduates, postgraduates and researchers in sociology, HIV, health and gender studies, development and postcolonial studies and African studies. Found inside – Page 3Indeed, the purpose of the introduction of male teachers as role models for boys was to tackle boys' underachievement, whilst blaming this deficiency on ... Lastly, male teachers were considered as role models in order to expose girls to alternate, non-violent and caring masculinities. This guide offers helpful advice on how teachers, administrators, and career advisers in science and engineering can become better mentors to their students. Male Teachers as Role Models: Addressing Issues of Masculinity, Pedagogy and the Re-Masculinization of Schooling. 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