Men in Early Years Settings: Building a Mixed Gender Workforce - Softcover

Brownhill, Simon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1785922211 ISBN 13: 9781785922213

Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2018

Synopsis

Silver Award Winner at the Nursery World Equipment & Resources Awards 2019

This book explores the role of male professionals in early years settings and provides guidance for early years practitioners, managers and policy makers on building a more mixed-gender workforce by successfully attracting, recruiting, retaining and developing men in their teams.

Men make up less than 2% of the early years workforce in England. This book considers the reasons for the current situation, asks whether there is a case for change and suggests ways of achieving a more mixed-gender early years workforce. The voices of male and female practitioners, providers and parents help to illustrate the barriers to men entering and successfully working in the sector, whilst also suggesting ways these barriers can be broken down.

About this title

About the Author

David Wright is an experienced early years teacher and Director of Paint Pot Nurseries. He is an advocate for male inclusion in early years settings and co-organised the UK's first Men in Early Years conference. Simon Brownhill originally trained as a primary teacher and was Assistant Head of early years at an inner city primary school. He has published numerous books including Men, Masculinities and Teaching in Early Childhood Education.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1785922211
• ISBN 13: 9781785922213
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 238