Gender Issues

Gender Issues

Article 1

Kohn, & Hatfield conducted a study on Gender differences in teaching and education. They stressed that women dominate in primary teaching and it create differences and discrimination. Teaching profession is highly feminized as in some countries the entire education set up is being run by the female teachers. Men hardly ever take up teaching, especially at the primary levels. The profession itself is stereotypes as being suitable for females and the male participation is abysmally low. There are many factors behind it, and our present study aims to take into account some of them.

According to the Statistics Division of the United Nations, with the exception of certain parts of Africa, women dominate the teaching profession at primary level. Before being able to analyze the causes of the unbalanced distribution of women in Teaching hierarchy, we should consider some points in the data generated: firstly, the current data on the faculty are far less comprehensive than the statistics suggest presented. Although the calculations have been made in 2009, the figures include results of surveys conducted between 1999 and 2008. In addition, many countries have proposed that estimates on the proportion of women faculty. For primary education particularly, some states could not provide any information. Given this lack of data, it becomes difficult to analyze the current working conditions of teachers and predict future trends.

Order statistics show that there is also a marked decrease in the number of young men entering the profession, and currently, only 30% of the 193 000 teachers and educators in England are men. Among those under 30 years, there is only one man in ten qualified to teach the pre-school to middle school (Kindergarten to Grade 6), one in five level / Intermediate (4th-10th year), and one in three Intermediate-Senior (Grades 7 to 12). The percentage of male teachers in the 12 councils school in the country ranges from 36% to only 16% according to data provided by the Council of England Directors of Education (CODE). Within public schools and Catholic schools, the proportion of men is about 28% of the total workforce. On average, men represent 29.6% of teachers in public schools and Catholic English-language England, according to data obtained from 45 school boards who responded to the survey. The differences ranged from a high of 38.9% to minimum of 20.7%.

The research suggests that a male teacher can make a positive difference in the elementary school learning experience. Female teachers can do a phenomenal job of supporting the academic and psychological development of boys, however, a male teacher for a fourth or fifth- grade boy can be extremely beneficial. The lack of male teachers in elementary school classrooms might be difficult and traumatic for those boys without fathers because of the instability of no male figure in the home. Currently, the teaching force in the elementary school classroom is approximately eighty-percent female. It can be challenging for boys to have few to no adult male role models within the elementary ...