Representation Of Male Teachers Within A Primary School

as it allows access to other people’s views and experiences without imposing on them the

The method I chose for this analysis is in-depth interview. This ethnographic method will be best because it allows me to understand an

Chapter two deals with distinct policies and strategies put in place since the 1970s in order to identify common trends to tackle gender inequalities. Most of the policies mentioned in the text explain that “’gender’ was a part of a more general inclusion policy and not dealt with explicitly” (Forde, p.15) but all do nevertheless try to create a ‘positive ethos’. In this chapter, it is shown that although policies did not have a focus on gender, when children participated in gender “played role” (Forde, p.17) stereotypical views would arise. “Girls thought that boys got more attention and both boys and girls agreed that girls were better learners” (Forde, p.17) this emphasizes and

The question I am planning to contest in my dissertation is “Why is there a lack of male primary school teachers in the UK?” One in four primary schools in England still has no male registered teacher, which has led to questions about positive male role models. The General Teaching Council for England statistics show that in March 2013, only 26,208 men were working as primary school teachers, compared to 185,023 women - and the proportions are virtually unchanged since last year. In Scotland only 8% of primary school teachers are male, while about 15% are male in Northern Ireland.

The pilot study conducted in this research shows that there were a few problems within the overall design of the interview and therefore the researchers decided to make some minor changes to their design, these changes included altering the questions so they were open ended, they also made the interview less structured in able to gain more focused answers in which they could analyse.

The statistics for males in elementary education has not changed much in the last 20 years (Malaby, M., Ramsey, S. (2011)). Most of the cons about males in elementary education just come from stereotypes and society norms. Gender roles play a big part in male’s decisions to become a teacher because of their image of being less masculine than others. There are plenty of reasons why males should consider elementary education such as benefits to the work place and children’s growth as being a role model. Although it is not the norm for males to teach

I have chosen to look into this subject to see what different research methods are out there and what kind of information we can gather from them. I will do this by analysing and evaluating each known method, and then establishing

It is important that the interview questions are not biased or leading, and that the questions do not cause any psychological or emotional harm. The subject will not be intentionally deceived. The questions and data interpretation have an ethical consideration to be valid and truthful for the research institution and for the scholarly body as a whole. Another consideration is the safety of the interviewee because the study wants honest and sincere answers, but it also does not want to leave the interviewee in a vulnerable state or location. The concern of a power differential between the interviewee and interviewer is important because the interviewer will be from a university, and the interviewee will be unemployed and possibly even homeless. While the

Since the researcher should follow a constant comparative method with the responses obtained, interviews are one of the best research approach to be adopted under this methodology. Additionally, it is with the use of interviews that the researcher can traverse through the theoretical codes of grounded theory that integrate the emerging theory with the research problems as depicted in Figure 2.

The interviews will remain instrumental to the study as they will provide the interviewer with an opportunity to interact with the respondents and analyze their current state of mind in relation to the analysis of the existent study objectives. Additionally, the utilization of the interview method will remain vital in the provision of a study background through the provision of additional data relating to the study. Additionally, the use of interviews will enhance the data synthesis process, which will enhance the adoption of quantitative approach pertaining to the analysis of the retrieved

The article titled learning to interview in the social sciences makes a valid point that as interviewers we can never ensure what will happen during an interview. To some degree interviewing for the social sciences and the purpose of research resembles clinical intake interviews. Both processes are in fact “reality constructing, meaning-making occasions”. In my opinion the qualitative interview while it may develop a different ebb and flow than research specific qualitative interview, as they tend to have more targeted overall research questions, they both have the same aim in mind; to collect, interpret, and analysis “data” on some level. The findings obtained by the researchers in this study while valid they are not necessarily inclusive

Hello teachers of Australia and welcome to this educational program which talks all things education and the issues that educator’s experience and practice of their profession. I am Phillip Tucker your radio broadcaster on the ABC network, and today’s talking topic is ‘gender norms’ within Australian schools.

Quantitative, qualitative, cognitive and technical research methods were used. To organise gathered information as clearly as possible, a pragmatic research methodology was employed.

The methodological approach of this study is guided by its aims and research questions. This section starts from the clarification of research questions to explain why the qualitative methods are employed.

Today's society is vastly different from that of years past. Years ago, elementary teachers, along with everybody else in society, put more emphasis on boys' education. This is understandable if we recall that at that time men were the ones who were working and running the show, while the womans' job was to stay home and tend to the children. At that time boys were treated fairly in the school system. The boys' behaved rowdy and aggressive as boys do, but the teachers accepted it, to an extent, because they understood that boys will be boys and that this was their natural behavior. The boys would outgrow their anti-social behavior in due time. Unfortunately this isn't the case in today's society. The society of today rewards feminine behavior and frowns upon what is considered masculine behavior. Many female teachers, having been influenced by society, unconsciously frown upon the behavior of their male students constantly. Thomas says that "there is a direct response between a child's academic achievement and a favorable response from the teacher ." (122) If this is true, which I believe it is, what messages are teachers giving to boys when their behavior is constantly being criticized.