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Male Preschool Teacher Students Negotiating Masculinities: A Qualitative Study with Men Who Are Studying to Become Preschool Teachers
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Heikkilä, Mia; Hellman, Anette – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
The overall interest is to understand how men who study preschool teaching negotiate masculinities. Earlier research shows how male teachers negotiate masculinities when being in and entering a predominantly feminine work area, such as early childhood education [see, for example, Brody, D. L. (2015). The construction of masculine identity among…
Descriptors: Males, Preschool Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Masculinity
Preschool Student Teachers, Technology, and Gender: Positive Expectations Despite Mixed Experiences from Their Own School Days
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Hedlin, Maria; Gunnarsson, Gunilla – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
The Swedish preschool curriculum emphasises preschool teachers' task to stimulate children's interest in science and technology. Technology education, however, has not always had a given place in Swedish early childhood education, and this has been associated with female preschool teachers' fear of technology. This qualitative study explores how…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Student Teachers, Gender Differences