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Men in Early Childhood Education and Care

Part of the Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education Book Series

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-89539-0

ISBN: 978-3-319-89538-3

Publisher: Springer International Publishing - Springer Journals

May 23, 2018

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Chapter 1Introduction: Why More Men in ECEC?

Warin, Jo

Pages: 1 –17

[I introduce the book’s aims and an overview of the international and historical context for a consideration of men’s involvement in early childhood education. I position my own commitment to this research area providing brief autobiographical information, which includes a description of several...
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Chapter 2Scripts for Promoting Men’s Presence in the Early Years: Gender Balance and Gender Flexibility

Warin, Jo

Pages: 19 –39

[In this chapter I present the theoretical underpinnings of the book’s comparison of ‘gender balance’ arguments for the inclusion of men and ‘gender flexibility’ arguments. I draw on data from the recent ethnographic case study of Acorns preschool to provide illustrations of gender-flexible...
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Chapter 3Identities and Masculinities in Early Childhood Education

Warin, Jo

Pages: 41 –57

[In this chapter I focus on the masculinities of staff in early childhood education based on feminist poststructuralist theories of identities in general and masculinities in particular. I illustrate the discussion initially from a sequence of interviews I undertook with a male preschool teacher...
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Chapter 4Fathers and Male Preschool Workers

Warin, Jo

Pages: 59 –78

[I include a chapter on fathers and fathering because it is a research area I have engaged in and also because it provides a readily available body of literature where we might expect to find answers to a central question about the value of a specifically male contribution to children’s lives. I...
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Chapter 5Men and Care: Diversity and Equity

Warin, Jo

Pages: 79 –98

[This chapter takes a close look at the concept of care considering arguments about care diversity and care equity in early childhood education: what kinds of care practices take place and who performs them. I begin by considering how care is downgraded in neoliberal education policy,...
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Chapter 6‘Testosterone Play’?

Warin, Jo

Pages: 99 –118

[In this chapter I address the topic of play, picking up on conclusions from the fatherhood research considered earlier, about men’s particular contribution to play especially physical forms and play in the outdoors. It is no accident that an interest in the employment of men in early childhood...
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Chapter 7Recruitment, Training and Retention

Warin, Jo

Pages: 119 –138

[In this chapter I examine the practicalities of developing a gender-conscious and gender-flexible workforce in ECEC. I present the recruitment drives that have been attempted in other countries especially large-scale, well-funded national campaigns in Norway and Germany. I emphasise the need for...
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Chapter 8Conclusion: Men’s Presence in ECEC as a Pathway Towards Positive Gender Transformation

Warin, Jo

Pages: 139 –145

[In this chapter I offer the reader a script that provides a clear rationale for promoting an increase of male practitioners in ECEC. I argue that the inclusion of more male teachers and carers in the early childhood education workforce can make a vital contribution to the ongoing development of...

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