1st Edition
Men, Masculinities and Teaching in Early Childhood Education International perspectives on gender and care
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.
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
- Male role models in education (0-8) – a English perspective
- Children’s interpretive reproduction of gender conscious didactic agendas in a Swedish pre-school
- The Ballad of the Big Manly Guy: Male and female teachers construct the gendered careworker in US early education contexts
- Big and muscular boys: Teaching of normality in pre-school through food and eating
- Gender in pre-school and child-centred ideologies
- Teachers´ beliefs, norms and values of gender equality in pre-schools
- Pioneers, Professionals, Playmates, Protectors, ‘Poofs’ and ‘Paedos’: Swedish male pre-school teachers’ construction of their identities
- Being Professional: Norms relating to male pre-school teachers in Japanese kindergartens and nurseries
- Gendered ideals and sports coaching: reflections on the male as ‘the centre’ of sports in relation to child sports
Inga Wernersson
Simon Brownhill
Annica Löfdahl and Maria Hjalmarsson
Christine Mallozzi and Sally Campbell Galman
SECTION TWO: YOUNG CHILDREN: GENDER, LEARNING AND CARE
Anette Hellmann
Vina Adriany
Ingrid Granbom
SECTION THREE: GENDERED PROFESSIONAL IDENTITIES AND PRACTICE
Jo Warin
Anette Hellman, Chie Nakazawa and Kiyomi Kuramochi
Karin Grahn
Conclusions
Inga Wernersson and Jo Warin with Simon Brownhill
Index
Biography
Simon Brownhill is a Senior Teaching Associate at the University of Cambridge, UK.
Jo Warin is a Senior Lecturer at Lancaster University, UK.
Inga Wernersson is Professor of Educational Research at University West, Sweden.
"At last a book that examines the role of men in early years and identifies possible reasons for the gender imbalance. This book is a fantastic read and will be a must have for any setting, parent, practitioner who wants to encourage more men to work in the sector." - Guy Crawford, City College, Southampton
