The Importance Of Men In Childcare And Education

In order to increase the amount of male practitioners different strategies may need to be in place in order to resolve existing barriers, Skeleton (2012) suggests the shift back to the importance of men in childcare/education is due to the evidence that boys are underachieving, giving reason for research into men in education and ways in which to bridge the gap, many research studies suggest that employing more males within childcare/education portrays positive role models within the sector especially for those children at home lacking a male influence, this further counteracting and challenging the stereotype developing of childcare/education as a female role (Galley, 2000; Haywood, 2011; Stahl, 2015; Sumison, 2000) showing the feminisation …show more content…
However Skeleton (2012) argues that very little disparity is evident in childrens development/achievements whether teaching is lead by a male or female practitioner, although further evidence has been established , demonstrating that if a boy is taught by a female practitioner the development of a positive attitude is more evident than when the boys are educated by male practitioners (Carrington, Tymms and Merrell, 2008), giving a discussion into why in the media is it such a big