Kindergarten male teachers

Learning at an Early Age

Learning can start as early as three years old. This procedure often refers to the act or process through which one learns new knowledge, abilities, behaviors, preferences, and values. This essay’s main goal is to explain why there are only 2% male kindergarten teachers. Second, this essay aims to support this assertion with evidence drawn from a variety of texts, movies, readings, and lectures.

The Role of Kindergarten Teachers

To begin with, a kindergarten is an educational setting designed to support and encourage the majority of children’s activities, such as singing, playing, and drawing (Thompson & Martha & Michael 13). Some of the reasons as to why most kindergarten teachers are female is because of; linguistic sexism, biological diversity, family relationships, employment, the female sociological perspective and employment (Thompson & Martha & Michael 34). In order to complete on this essay, all of the factors mentioned above will be elaborated in detail.

Linguistic Sexism & Biological Diversity

It is also known as Sexist Language. Basically, this refers to a type of language that is meant to include/acknowledge everyone (McCammon 19). However; due to several unexplainable conditions, this language seems to exclude a particular gender (Male or female) (Araujo 32). According to research from various sources; it has been identified that the male counterparts as compared to the females have a tendency to use linguistic sexism while interacting with children in Kindergartens.

In a lay man’s language, Male Kindergarten teachers defy or assume gender assumptions. Children are very sensitive people, they require a lot of attention and care (Araujo 65). Improper language with no balance in sexism is likely to bring up children who feel that the other gender is much more superior. Basically; in order to avoid all this confusion and gap between the gender groups, male teachers should not be given the chance to teach Kindergarten.

When we look at biological diversity, male and females are very different people. In this case, male teachers lack a sense of diversity when it comes to tending at the children. Basically, it is safe to state the fact that male teachers are not as diverse as female teachers (Araujo 48). They cannot be offer as much as their female counterparts. In Kindergarten, children learn a lot of activities. Some of this activities cannot be offered by the male teachers.

Feminist Sociological Perspective

The current World is very complicated to understand. It is surrounded with different types of inequalities and injustices (McCammon 27). The term feminist sociological perspective refers to the idea whereby power and dominance is based on one’s gender. According to this theory, there are a lot of issues and trends that have been misidentified or left out since they were initially viewed in a male dominated World.

In reference to this topic, it is quite evident that both the male and female teachers have different teaching strategies (Thompson & Martha & Michael 78). Based on the information collected from different sources; it has been established that female teachers have the best teaching styles/strategies as compared to their male counterparts.

Most of the female teachers have strategies that are compatible with the children in kindergarten (Thompson & Martha & Michael 65). They use language that is much more appropriate and does not create a situation where feminism looks like it’s something normal. Today, people live in a modern World where everyone has the same rights and privileges. No gender is greater than the other.

Practically; in order to avoid a feminist World, children should be taught right from kindergarten on the importance of balancing gender and how social roles are equally divided. This will help in solving feminism. Generally, most males have a feminism character in them. They believe they are in total dominance of the World. This is the main reason why less than 2% of the teachers are male in Kindergarten. In case the male ratio/percentage was equal to that of the females, it is safe to say the fact that most of the kindergarten kids will grow up with negative ideologies based on the feminist sociological perspective.

Gender Identity Development

This is a term that is used to refer to the process where one gives their own personal life experiences (McCammon 33). Most of this experiences are based on one’s gender. This process of identity can also established by identifying one’s social personal identity in life in relation to other people. In order to ensure that children start identifying their social roles, their instructor/teacher should be in a position to balance in explaining how the roles are divided in both sides.

Female teachers are very good in giving personal experiences that reflect on the male and female sides; on the other hand when we look at their male counterparts they are not as good as such. Based on proven facts, it is quite evident that males cannot be able to narrate personal experiences that are balanced (McCammon 38). A majority of the Male Kindergarten teachers end up giving experiences based on their particular gender. As a result of this, children in Kindergarten end up having problems when it comes to understanding their gender identity as well as roles. Generally; it is obvious that children who are taught by female teachers are able to understand their gender identity at a much faster rate as compared to children who are taught by male teachers.

Family Relationships

In this case, there are very many types of family relationships. Some of the children who attend Kindergarten come from complete families while others come from complicated or separated ones (“Marriage Will Never Set Us Free - Organizing Upgrade NP”). Over the years, Women have been proved to be much more emotionally active and responsive as compared to the males. When we look at family relationships, female teachers have a central role (“Marriage Will Never Set Us Free - Organizing Upgrade NP”). They are the ones who offer comfort and a second home to children who come from complicate families. Most of the female teachers teach and work by treating the children in a motherly way.

Based on information collected from different surveys, it is estimated that children who have a positive attitude towards parenting and their family have been taught by female teachers. Due to proper care by their ‘Second mothers’ they are able to express their fears, underline their weaknesses and strengths (“Marriage Will Never Set Us Free - Organizing Upgrade NP”). On the other hand, when we look at male teachers, most of them are unable to create an environment where children can feel school as their second home. Despite the fact that they may try acting in a fatherly way, in most cases it does not come out as expected. Practically, it is safe to state the fact that male teachers cannot be able to cater for the children so that they can have good family/school relationships.

Employment and Education

Over the past years, it has become a norm that Kindergarten teachers are supposed to be Women. In other Countries; there are legislations that ban the employment of male teachers to act as tutors in Kindergartens (Thompson & Martha & Michael 49). Some Countries believe that the roles of teaching children in Kindergarten should be left out for female teachers only. Based on this scenarios; as a result of cultural and social norms, it is difficult to find Male teachers (Thompson & Martha & Michael 56). In most cases, the 2% belongs to school heads and educators or those in charge of managing and running school activities.

Another reason why the employment of Male teachers is difficult is because a majority of them are not flexible with the working hours. Their qualifications are also quite low as compared to that of female teachers. Most of them lack good educational qualifications that support their employment. Lastly, ethnicity matters. When we look at the male teachers, they tend to be more ethnical as compared to the female teachers. This is not a good work qualification for a teacher in Kindergarten.

Works Cited

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“Marriage Will Never Set Us Free - Organizing Upgrade.” Archive.organizingupgrade.com. N.P., 2017. Web. 17 Oct. 2017.

Araujo, M. Caridad, et al. “Teacher quality and learning outcomes in kindergarten.” The Quarterly Journal of Economics 131.3 (2016): 1415-1453.

McCammon, Holly J., et al., Eds. The Oxford Handbook of US Women’s Social Movement Activism. Oxford University Press, 2017.

Thompson, Martha E., and Michael Armato. Investigating gender. Polity, 2012.