Go Where You Belong: Male Teachers As Cultural Workers In The Lives Of Children, Families, And Communities (transgressions: Cultural Studies And Education)

Cover......Page 1 TRANSGRESSIONS: CULTURAL STUDIES AND EDUCATION 67......Page 2 Go Where You Belong......Page 4 ISBN: 9789460914058 (hardback)......Page 5 DEDICATION......Page 6 TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 8 PREFACE......Page 10 REFERENCES......Page 12 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT......Page 14 INTRODUCTION: Addressing the Culture of Gender Bias ......Page 16 REFERENCES......Page 19 Becoming......Page 20 Being......Page 23 Unbecoming......Page 26 Conclusions......Page 28 REFERENCES......Page 29 2. A TALE OF COLLECTIVE ACHIEVEMENT......Page 30 3. A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON THE LACK OF MEN IN EDUCATION......Page 39 Problem and Conversation......Page 40 An Alternative Commentary......Page 42 Commandeering the Boys......Page 43 Linking Multiple Masculinities......Page 44 Productive Pedagogies......Page 45 Conclusion......Page 46 REFERENCES......Page 47 4. THE GIFT: A Charge to Keep I Have ......Page 51 5. FEELING SPECIAL AND FEELING LOUSY......Page 57 Difference Is—Well, Different......Page 59 Getting Through the Year: Another Life Changing Story......Page 60 This Is Lousy......Page 62 REFERENCES......Page 63 6. THE TEACHER WITH THE BEARD: A Nurturing Male Helps Children Overcome Bias ......Page 64 Reasons for Anti-male Bias in Preschool......Page 65 The Seasonal Beard......Page 66 How I Became a Teacher......Page 67 “Are You Gay?”......Page 68 Moving Beyond Bias......Page 69 REFERENCES......Page 70 7. IT’S A MAN’S FIELD TOO: Men as Care Givers ......Page 71 September 27, 2006 ......Page 73 September 28, 2006 ......Page 74 Mary Goes Undercover......Page 75 Sally’s Compromise......Page 76 REFERENCES......Page 77 8. OPPORTUNITY FOR A DEPOSIT: Serving Children Linguistically ......Page 79 Is There a Guy in the House?......Page 80 Choosing to Become a Teacher......Page 83 The Needs of Boys......Page 84 Girls Need Men too......Page 85 Real Men in Early Childhood and Elementary Education......Page 86 REFERENCES......Page 87 10. A NATURAL INSTINCT FOR TEACHING CHILDREN......Page 88 11. MY EXPERIENCES IN THE LIVES OF CHILDREN......Page 94 12. A TESTIMONIO OF A LATINO MALE PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY ......Page 98 More Transitions......Page 100 REFERENCES......Page 104 13. FINDING MY PLACE IN THE WORLD: My Journey through Early Childhood Education ......Page 105 14. A LIFE’S JOURNEY IN THE LIVES OF CHILDREN......Page 116 How Did I Get Here?......Page 120 Tips for Working with Parents......Page 123 Concluding Thought......Page 124 CONCLUSIONS AND SUMMARY......Page 126 Implications......Page 128 REFERENCE......Page 129 A Few Reasons for the Involvement of Men in Early Childhood Education......Page 130 Resources for Male Involvement......Page 131 Dr. C. Sheldon Woods......Page 132 BookmarkTitle:......Page 133 Scott A. Morrison – Chapter 4......Page 134 Bruce S. Sheppard – Chapter 14......Page 135 George Yamamoto – Chapter 13......Page 136 "The narratives in this book engage the reader and take him or her on a journey to understanding of what it means to be a male teacher who works in early childhood education or with young children. They passionately share of their challenges to be involved in children's lives because they are called to do so; this work is part of their life purpose. Their narratives details interactions between the teacher and the day-to-day lives of students, parents, peers and supervisors while sharing what it takes to survive as a man in what is perceived, very often in our post-modern world as women's work. In the bigger scheme of things, the men teachers serve as cultural workers with their female peers to educate not only our children but our community and eventually ourselves about gender roles in our society and the need to have more role models during the first years of schooling. A fascinating book and a must read for parents, teachers, administrators, and other human service professionals who want to learn more about how to engage men in the lives of children."--Publisher's website