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Breaking through the Glass Doors: Men Working in Early Childhood Education and Care with Particular Reference to Research and Experience in Austria and New Zealand
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Koch, Bernhard; Farquhar, Sarah – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2015
This article proposes that there exist "glass doors" impeding men from entering and participating in ECEC work. Across developed countries, men's participation as carers and teachers in early childhood education and care (ECEC) services tends to be viewed as highly desirable and much has been written about the importance of men in ECEC.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Males, Preschool Teachers
Why Men Choose to Become Primary Teachers
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Cruickshank, Vaughan – Australian Association for Research in Education (NJ1), 2012
This paper presents a critical analysis of literature relating to why males choose to become primary school teachers. Discussion within the paper concentrates on identifying and exploring connections between what is currently known about being a male primary school teacher and what motivates these men as they both pursue and practice within the…
Descriptors: Males, Elementary School Teachers, Career Choice, Occupational Aspiration
Initiatives to Address Teacher Shortage. ACER Policy Briefs. Issue 5
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Lonsdale, Michele; Ingvarson, Lawrence – ACER Press (Australian Council for Educational Research), 2003
This paper is in response to an invitation from the Victorian Department of Education and Training to undertake a targeted review of effective teaching recruitment strategies. The paper provides a "snapshot" of what is happening in other States and Territories and in selected countries overseas. The main focus of the review is on the…
Descriptors: Teacher Shortage, Foreign Countries, Politics of Education, Teacher Recruitment
Review of Teacher Training. Report of the Steering Committee Associated with the Ministerial Conferences of November 1977 and August 1978.
New Zealand Dept. of Education, Wellington. – 1978
Based on a working paper drawn up by teacher educators in New Zealand in 1978, this report continues the national review of teacher training begun in 1977. The status of teacher education in New Zealand is noted in sections treating the strengths and weaknesses of the present system. Position statements are offered on the following topics: (1)…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Foreign Countries, Formative Evaluation, Higher Education