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An Analysis of the Minority of Males Working as Kindergarten Teachers
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Abstract
The kindergarten period is the critical period for the formation of character and habits. Accordingly, Kindergarten education is fairly crucial for people. Nowadays, few males choose to become kindergarten teachers in the world. For instance, in South Australian kindergartens, female kindergarten teachers account for the most proportion. Until June 2005, only three male kindergarten teachers in comparison with two hundred and nineteen female kindergarten teachers worked on preschool education [1]. There is a significant gender gap among the kindergarten teachers. I have looked up some relevant reviews and statistics on the proportion of male early childhood workers in different countries and the salary of early childhood educators in Australia in 2015.
Keywords
male kindergarten teacher, low salary, low status, gender gap
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- Volume Title
- Proceedings of the International Conference on Global Politics and Socio-Humanities
- ISBN (Print)
- 978-1-83558-363-0
- ISBN (Online)
- 978-1-83558-364-7
- Published Date
- 19 April 2024
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- Communications in Humanities Research
- ISSN (Print)
- 2753-7064
- ISSN (Online)
- 2753-7072
- DOI
- 10.54254/2753-7064/28/20230130
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- 19 April 2024
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