Males and early childhood care and education: student, staff and parent survey evidence
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Paper/Presentation Title | Males and early childhood care and education: student, staff and parent survey evidence |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Quinn, Andrea (Author), Lyons, Michael (Author) and Sumsion, Jennifer (Author) |
Editors | White, Geoff, Corby, Susan and Stanworth, Celia |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference of the International Employment Relations Association |
Journal Citation | 2, pp. 575-596 |
Number of Pages | 22 |
Year | 2003 |
Place of Publication | Sydney, Australia |
ISBN | 1861662025 |
Conference/Event | 11th Annual Conference of the International Employment Relations Association: Regulation, Deregulation and Re-regulation: the Scope of Employment Relations in the 21st Century |
Event Details | 11th Annual Conference of the International Employment Relations Association: Regulation, Deregulation and Re-regulation: the Scope of Employment Relations in the 21st Century Parent International Employment Relations Association Conference Event Date 08 to end of 11 Jul 2003 Event Location Greenwich, England |
Abstract | The early childhood care and education workforce is overwhelmingly female dominated. Males who choose a career in education have a greater attraction to working with older (secondary and primary) over younger (early childhood education) children. We examine reasons for this phenomenon by analysing survey responses of recent education degree graduates in Australia. We also report analysis of purpose designed surveys of first-year university students, staff employed in early childhood services, and parents of children attending children's services centres in NSW. Our preliminary results failed to detect stereotypical gender attitudes as barriers to increased male participation in the workforce. While this is an encouraging result in terms of recruitment, the characteristics of the industry mean that the problem could shift to one of retention of male staff, given the resilience of the 'male breadwinnner' concept in society. |
Keywords | early childhood; male participation; workforce participation; gender attitudes |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 440599. Gender studies not elsewhere classified |
390302. Early childhood education | |
390406. Gender, sexuality and education | |
Public Notes | No evidence of copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | University of Queensland |
University of Western Sydney | |
Macquarie University | |
Book Title | Regulation and de-regulation: the scope of employment relations in the 21st century: Proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference of the International Employment Relations Association. University of Greenwich, England, July 2003 |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9zv36/males-and-early-childhood-care-and-education-student-staff-and-parent-survey-evidence
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