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Male Professional Roles

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The ultimate aim of this research project is to determine what benefits the male early years professionals can provide for the children and whether they are able to influence the children’s development within the kindergarten. The main motivation for focussing on this topic is because it appears that additional research is required to enable us to determine how male early years professionals assist children’s lifestyle within the early years environment. As a result of this, a number of themes have emerged from the secondary research. The Day-care trust (2012) suggested several benefits of placing men in the early years sector. It is stated that having male workers would benefit the setting by providing positive role models to both the …show more content…

It may be important to note that even though the research has taken place in Norway within a Norwegian kindergarten, much of the literature within this section is not of Norwegian origin due to the significant language barrier. 3.1.Men as role models One of the most prominent motives for male inclusion within the educator role is the effect it will have on children in terms of the provision of a role model at a young age. To define a role model may be a difficult task as this is subjective depending on each individual, however, within this context, a role model for children shows such attributes as cooking, playing with the children and having the personality traits of being both caring and sensitive. (Ruxton, 1992) A possible reason for wanting male role models may be due to the increase in divorce within the last four decades, with more than 40,000 more marriages in the UK resulting in divorce from the 1970’s to 2012 (ONS, 2012). It could be argued that children are in need of a strong male influence in other aspects of their life if it’s not being received within their home environment. The Groucutt, (2012) document is used to encourage men onto a training course. It explains the reason why men should enter the profession and details on what can be offered to applicants. One of the reasons the document uses for having a male only course is due to the rising number of single fathers in today’s society. Groucutt states that daily

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