TY - JOUR
T1 - The plight of the male teacher
T2 - an interdisciplinary and multileveled theoretical framework for researching a shortage of male yeachers
AU - McGrath, Kevin F.
AU - Moosa, Shaaista
AU - Van Bergen, Penelope
AU - Bhana, Deevia
PY - 2020/6/1
Y1 - 2020/6/1
N2 - In this article, four researchers from Australia and South Africa consider why it is important for primary schools to include both male and female teachers. The authors refute previous calls directed by public and political discourse, for male teachers to enhance boy’s educational outcomes or to act as role models or father figures. Instead, the authors present a theoretical framework that justifies calls for male teachers at four levels: the child level, the classroom level, the organizational level, and the societal level. While complex barriers may continue to limit male teacher representation, the authors hope that this interdisciplinary framework might stimulate further international scholarly discussions about the interactions between teacher-gender, education, and culture.
AB - In this article, four researchers from Australia and South Africa consider why it is important for primary schools to include both male and female teachers. The authors refute previous calls directed by public and political discourse, for male teachers to enhance boy’s educational outcomes or to act as role models or father figures. Instead, the authors present a theoretical framework that justifies calls for male teachers at four levels: the child level, the classroom level, the organizational level, and the societal level. While complex barriers may continue to limit male teacher representation, the authors hope that this interdisciplinary framework might stimulate further international scholarly discussions about the interactions between teacher-gender, education, and culture.
KW - male
KW - school teachers
KW - gender
KW - masculinity
KW - theory
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85073954603&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1060826519873860
DO - 10.1177/1060826519873860
M3 - Article
VL - 28
SP - 149
EP - 164
JO - The Journal of Men's Studies: a scholarly journal about men and masculinities
JF - The Journal of Men's Studies: a scholarly journal about men and masculinities
SN - 1060-8265
IS - 2
ER -