Full Description
This stimulating book sets out to critically explore the notion of men, masculinities and teaching in early childhood education. It addresses the global pattern of gender, teaching and care where men are in the minority, and explores the notion that the greater involvement of men within teaching and associated professions has the potential to transform gender relations for future generations.
International contributors raise critical questions about the construction of masculinities, the continuing reluctance of men to engage in this type of work, and the influence of political and public debates on the issue. Through this engaging discussion readers are asked to question whether this is something that we should care about, with key topics including:
The roles of men in education and care
Teachers' beliefs, norms and values of gender equality
The construction of male identities
Gendered ideals, and children's interpretations of gender.
Men, Masculinities and Teaching in Early Childhood Education brings together a refreshing and critical set of perspectives linked to an increasingly important educational debate and will be a valuable text for practitioners, professionals, policy makers and parents/carers.
Contents
Introduction
Jo Warin and Inga Wernersson
SECTION ONE: POLICY, LEGISLATION AND PERSPECTIVES
More men? Swedish arguments over four decades about 'missing men' in ECE and care
Inga Wernersson
Male role models in education (0-8) - a English perspective
Simon Brownhill
Children's interpretive reproduction of gender conscious didactic agendas in a Swedish pre-school
Annica Löfdahl and Maria Hjalmarsson
The Ballad of the Big Manly Guy: Male and female teachers construct the gendered careworker in US early education contexts
Christine Mallozzi and Sally Campbell Galman
SECTION TWO: YOUNG CHILDREN: GENDER, LEARNING AND CARE
Big and muscular boys: Teaching of normality in pre-school through food and eating
Anette Hellmann
Gender in pre-school and child-centred ideologies
Vina Adriany
Teachers' beliefs, norms and values of gender equality in pre-schools
Ingrid Granbom
SECTION THREE: GENDERED PROFESSIONAL IDENTITIES AND PRACTICE
Pioneers, Professionals, Playmates, Protectors, 'Poofs' and 'Paedos': Swedish male pre-school teachers' construction of their identities
Jo Warin
Being Professional: Norms relating to male pre-school teachers in Japanese kindergartens and nurseries
Anette Hellman, Chie Nakazawa and Kiyomi Kuramochi
Gendered ideals and sports coaching: reflections on the male as 'the centre' of sports in relation to child sports
Karin Grahn
Conclusions
Inga Wernersson and Jo Warin with Simon Brownhill
Index
