ESRC project investigates why only two percent of preschool staff are male

(Lancaster University) Currently only around two percent of the UK's early childhood education workforce (ECE) are male -- a figure that has remained stubbornly resistant to change for several decades.Now researchers at Lancaster University's Educational Research Department are to investigate, both internationally and in the UK, how men are recruited, supported and retained in the ECE workforce, as teachers and carers for preschool children.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news