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Men encouraged back to school
10:34pm Tuesday 19th August 2008
A COURSE to encourage more men into teaching is being launched by Buckinghamshire County Council.
Recent statistics show one in twelve schoolboys have never been taught by a male, and the council is looking to redress the balance.
A three-day course will take place in September 2008, and will include a one-day school placement, and is designed to help participants to decide whether to apply for initial teacher training.
Marion Clayton, the council's Cabinet Member for Achievement and Learning, said: "It's important, and becoming increasingly important, to have male teachers because so many of our youngsters don't have a dad at home and, if they do, he may well be working very long hours."
A report by the Training and Development Agency shows more than half of all boys currently in primary education believe the presence of a male teacher makes them behave better.
The report also said 42 per cent of pupils said male teachers made them work harder and 44 per cent said male teachers help them enjoy school more.
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Ivor, says...
12:11am Wed 20 Aug 08
Have you read Ivors blog today? Click on the Opinion link on the menu on the left then click on Readers Blogs.
Sue Harrison, says...
8:11am Wed 20 Aug 08
keithc, Chalfont says...
10:46am Wed 20 Aug 08
paulc, Amersham says...
11:35am Wed 20 Aug 08
keithc wrote:What a sad, bizarre attitude.
Why would a male want to teach these days. It is all to easy for a child to claim they were abused and from a simple lie a mans life could be ruined.
Molar Man, bottom row , fifth right says...
12:23pm Wed 20 Aug 08
paulc wrote:Can I read in to it that Keithc might have been the victim of such accusations in the past?!?
keithc wrote:What a sad, bizarre attitude.
Why would a male want to teach these days. It is all to easy for a child to claim they were abused and from a simple lie a mans life could be ruined.
smokey, high wycombe says...
1:26pm Wed 20 Aug 08
Ivor wrote:bit of a generalisation there Ivor. The 40 odd 18 year olds who were at my house the other night were beautifully controlled - just having a good time celebrating A level results.
Todays youngsters are out of control. Who wants to stand in front of a class of children only to be abused? Have you read Ivors blog today? Click on the Opinion link on the menu on the left then click on Readers Blogs.
Blueberry, S Bucks says...
1:28pm Wed 20 Aug 08
Men who want to work with young children are often thought of as a bit odd, if not actually deviant (not by me!).
Also, teaching in primary schools is traditionally seen (also wrongly) as softer, easier, less prestigious and thus women's work.
paulc, Amersham says...
2:38pm Wed 20 Aug 08
Men who want to work with young children are often thought of as a bit odd, if not actually deviant (not by me!).
Also, teaching in primary schools is traditionally seen (also wrongly) as softer, easier, less prestigious and thus women's work.
If you're correct, I'm very disappointed by that attitude (though I realise it is not your own!).
keithc, Chalfont says...
1:37pm Thu 21 Aug 08
Molar Man wrote:No, not a victim. Maybe an old sceptic who despairs of todays society.
paulc wrote:Can I read in to it that Keithc might have been the victim of such accusations in the past?!?
keithc wrote:What a sad, bizarre attitude.
Why would a male want to teach these days. It is all to easy for a child to claim they were abused and from a simple lie a mans life could be ruined.
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