I was reading through my fellow classmates blogs and stumbled upon Kyle Foster's. One particular post that really interested me was titled 'Male teacher shortages'. The reason as to why i was interested in this because it had relevance towards myself becoming a male teacher.
The post was primarily based on the article to the right --------------------->
Most of the article was a bit to hard to read because of the resizing of the image. However my view on this issue of a Male teacher shortage is strong as on the past two prac's that I have been on had on average 3-5 Male teachers. However, as this article states there has been an increase growth of 25% of male teachers since 2001 which is a promising amount.
I think that there needs to be a lot more male teachers and my firm belief that contributes to this is the main issue that:
- A lot of the students who are experiencing family issues for example divorced parents. These children need to have a male role model the child could look up to as an example. This would essential in regards to the way the child would behave in his later years growing up.
- It may also provide students with someone who they could talk to if they need advice.
Have a look at this post and many more interesting post that Kyle has blogged about here:
http://profex3kyleyfoster.blogspot.com.au/
Hey William,
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you! I strongly believe that there should be more male teachers out there to be role models for those without a male figure in their life. Not only for students but I think for male pre-service teachers - they can have role models that they could go to for advice when they are on prac :-)