Men teaching pre-school children: Non-traditional career choice among pre-service male teachers
Background: Teaching early childhood children was often considered as a female job as it involved nurturing. The emergence of 11.8% male teachers teaching pre-school children in Malaysia and arising number of male students studying early-childhood education required a specific study on the issue....
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iium-657182018-09-20T06:12:34Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/65718/ Men teaching pre-school children: Non-traditional career choice among pre-service male teachers Md Arshad, Syimamarsni Abd Karim, Aishah Hanim Anuar, Zubaidah Musazay, Asma L Education (General) Background: Teaching early childhood children was often considered as a female job as it involved nurturing. The emergence of 11.8% male teachers teaching pre-school children in Malaysia and arising number of male students studying early-childhood education required a specific study on the issue. The participants in this study were preservice male teachers, studying a degree program at the International Islamic College (IIC) and had undergone their practical teaching at pre-schools. The method of this study was a qualitative study, which involved case studies and in-depth interviews. Two participants were selected by using purposeful sampling. The data analysis applied traditional methods which include coding and recoding, and the data gained were categorized and arranged according to the generated themes. Objective: The objective of the study is to investigate what makes the male students choose this non-traditional career, their beliefs about this career and advantages and disadvantages that they experienced on being pre-service male teachers. Results: The results of this study included factors that influence pre-service male teachers in becoming pre-school teachers, their perceptions about male teachers teaching pre-school children as well as advantages and disadvantages that they had experienced. Conclusion: In conclusion, this study highlighted the factors that influence two pre-service male early childhood teachers to study this field as well as their beliefs about the female-dominated industry. In addition to that, it also discussed the challenges faced throughout their journey in becoming pre-school teachers. IWNEST Publication 2015-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/65718/1/1-7.pdf Md Arshad, Syimamarsni and Abd Karim, Aishah Hanim and Anuar, Zubaidah and Musazay, Asma (2015) Men teaching pre-school children: Non-traditional career choice among pre-service male teachers. International Journal of Administration and Governance, 1 (14 Special IPN). pp. 1-7. ISSN 2077-4486 https://www.iwnest.com/old/IJAG/2015/Special%20IPN%20Dec/1-7.pdf |
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Background: Teaching early childhood children was often considered as a female job
as it involved nurturing. The emergence of 11.8% male teachers teaching pre-school
children in Malaysia and arising number of male students studying early-childhood
education required a specific study on the issue. The participants in this study were preservice
male teachers, studying a degree program at the International Islamic College
(IIC) and had undergone their practical teaching at pre-schools. The method of this
study was a qualitative study, which involved case studies and in-depth interviews. Two
participants were selected by using purposeful sampling. The data analysis applied
traditional methods which include coding and recoding, and the data gained were
categorized and arranged according to the generated themes. Objective: The objective
of the study is to investigate what makes the male students choose this non-traditional
career, their beliefs about this career and advantages and disadvantages that they
experienced on being pre-service male teachers. Results: The results of this study
included factors that influence pre-service male teachers in becoming pre-school
teachers, their perceptions about male teachers teaching pre-school children as well as
advantages and disadvantages that they had experienced. Conclusion: In conclusion,
this study highlighted the factors that influence two pre-service male early childhood
teachers to study this field as well as their beliefs about the female-dominated industry.
In addition to that, it also discussed the challenges faced throughout their journey in
becoming pre-school teachers. |
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