More Male Primary-School Teachers? Social Benefits for Boys "and Girls"

Autor/inn/en	McGrath, Kevin; Sinclair, Mark
Titel	More Male Primary-School Teachers? Social Benefits for Boys "and Girls"
Quelle	In: Gender and Education, 25 (2013) 5, S.531-547 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0954-0253
DOI	10.1080/09540253.2013.796342
Schlagwörter	Males; Elementary School Teachers; Gender Issues; Social Influences; Role Models; Student Attitudes; Parent Attitudes; Grade 6; Foreign Countries; Surveys; Semi Structured Interviews; Focus Groups; Mothers; Fathers; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Geschlechterfrage; Sozialer Einfluss; Identifikationsfigur; Schülerverhalten; Elternverhalten; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Ausland; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Mother; Mutter; Australien
Abstract	The call for more male primary-school teachers has long been associated with the educational needs of boys, the importance of positive male role models in schools and the disproportionate number of male and female primary-school teachers internationally. However, little is known about whether or not parents and students actually want more male primary-school teachers and if they do, the reasons they have for wanting more. This paper addresses the under-representation of parents' and students' views by drawing from a study of the perspectives of 97 parents and 184 sixth-grade students from Sydney, Australia. Surveys and semi-structured focus group interviews with boys and girls, and their mothers and fathers revealed an overall perceived social need for more male primary-school teachers. In particular, the paper indicates that male primary-school teachers are considered important for boys; a view consistent with some extant research literature that does not include the views of parents or students. The paper further indicates that parents and students see male primary-school teachers as being beneficial to "girls"; a matter rarely discussed in any research literature irrespective of the stakeholder group studied. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10