Foregrounding the Gender Divides in Early Childhood Teacher Education: A Case of South Africa

Mashiya, Nontokozo; Kok, Lyn; Luthuli, Nosipho; Xulu, Smangele; Mtshali, Zanele

doi:10.1080/09718923.2015.11893413

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“…In this discourse men have generally been viewed as playing a significant role as fathers confirming literature in several studies which found that the involvement of men as fathers is valued as disciplinarians, teachers of values and moral and breadwinners, gender-role models, and nurturants [75,76]. Collaborating this study is abundant research globally that attest to the involvement of fathers as essential for their social, emotional, and cognitive development [48,56] in the early lives of young children. The importance of men as fathers is not a subject for debate as there is a mounting body of evidence indicating that fathers play a critical role in their child's mental and physical health development [77] increased sociability with later school success [78].…”

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confidence: 70%

“…In this chapter male educators have been recognised as pivotal in building up well-adjusted children behaviourally, yet cultural attitudes and stereotype prejudgments, and prejudices deter them from the teaching of young children [52,79]. Besides being rejected by fellow female colleagues male educators face resistance from the communities they serve as confirmed by some studies [48,80] which found that discrimination, marginalisation and the prevalence of gender inequality against male educators in pre-school was very high in many worldwide countries.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The importance of have male educators in ECD has gathered momentum kindling the interest of researchers and policy makers in the recent years due to the consistent concerns such as 1) the none-participation of men as fathers in their children's lives, 2) the dearth of men in the early childhood settings, 3) the cognisance of the worth of father involvement in Early Childhood Care and Education and 4) the significance of men as role models for their children, particularly boys. Plentiful research testify to men's involvement as fathers in the early lives of young children as essential for their social, emotional, and cognitive development [47,48]. There is no corresponding prominence on men as educators of young children, yet it is essential that every child gets influence from both female and male educators to maximise social, emotional, and academic development.…”

Section: Importance Of Male Educatorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Male Educator Recruitment in Early Childhood Centres: Implications for Teacher Education

Mathwasa¹,

Sibanda²

2021

Teacher Education - New Perspectives

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The absent male educators in the Early Childhood Development (ECD) programmes have created a gap in the momentum of success gained through fathers’ involvement in the early life of children. Worldwide, the gender imbalance trends in early childhood education and lower primary classes have been immemorial female skewed with men becoming extinct in the arena. Hitherto, copious studies testify of men’s involvement as fathers in young children’s early life as crucial for their social, emotional, and cognitive development. This chapter focuses on the importance of having male educators in the foundation phase of children’s care and learning, barriers to male involvement as educators in early care and learning centres, and how learning institutions can recruit and train male educators specific for the ECD. Male educators in the ECD have been confronted by stigmatisation, ridiculed, hit glass ceilings, and are viewed with hostility and suspicion. A preliminary exploration of literature from renowned published work that focuses extensively on various countries across continents will be covered in this review. This chapter envisaged strategies that could be employed in the recruitment, retention, and active participation of male educators in the ECD settings that will inform policy and teacher education.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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confidence: 99%

Section: Importance Of Male Educatorsmentioning

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Male Educator Recruitment in Early Childhood Centres: Implications for Teacher Education

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Sibanda²

2021

Teacher Education - New Perspectives

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“…According to Mashiya et al (2015), Skelton (2012), as well as Unterhalter and North (2011), social values, norms, and cultural stereotypes associated with gender roles in different contexts perpetuate gender bias towards men interested in teaching young children or in any profession categorised as care work. Gender continues to be the determining factor in the division and valuing of labour (Moosa & Bhana, 2018;Connell, 2012).…”

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“…Statistics indicate that only 22.7 % of teachers in FP are male (SNAP, 2015 as cited in Bhana, 2016). Researchers have investigated why this is the case by exploring the views of teachers and students enrolled in teacher education programmes (Bhana, 2016;Mashiya et al, 2015;Moosa & Bhana 2018;Msiza, 2019). However, not much is known about how SGBs perceive men teaching in FP.…”

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Using Collages to Change School Governing Body Perceptions of Male Foundation Phase Teachers

Kagola

Khau

2020

Educ. res. soc. change.

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The paper explores how collages can be used to change school governing body (SGB) members' perceptions of male teachers in the foundation phase (FP) in the Nelson Mandela Metropole, South Africa. The involvement of men in FP teaching forms part of initiatives to diversify and do away with the underrepresentation of men in the early years of learning. SGBs play an integral role in the recruitment and retaining of teachers in schools, but not much is known on how SGBs perceive male teachers and their willingness to employ them in FP. This study involved parent members of SGBs as participants because they represent the majority membership in primary school governance. This qualitative study was underpinned by feminist post-structural theory as a lens to analyse data generated using collages and a group discussion, both of which were later thematically analysed to generate the themes discussed in this paper. Findings indicate that participants' socialisation and lived experiences play a major role in the employment of teachers in FP. The findings also show that engaging in participatory visual methodologies such as collages can provide a platform for transformation of deeply embedded discourses towards equitable and socially just societies. In understanding that change is a process, the study recommends that participatory visual methodologies be used in courageous conversations with communities about constructions of caring masculinities and the involvement of men in care professions such as FP teaching. Keywords: collages, feminist post-structural theory, male foundation phase teachers, school governing body

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Black Fathers’ Participation in Early Childhood Development in South Africa: What Do We Know?

Mncanca

Okeke

Fletcher

2016

Journal of Social Sciences

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Foregrounding the Gender Divides in Early Childhood Teacher Education: A Case of South Africa

Cited by 11 publications

References 6 publications

Male Educator Recruitment in Early Childhood Centres: Implications for Teacher Education

Male Educator Recruitment in Early Childhood Centres: Implications for Teacher Education

Using Collages to Change School Governing Body Perceptions of Male Foundation Phase Teachers

Black Fathers’ Participation in Early Childhood Development in South Africa: What Do We Know?

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