Go Where You Belong

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Becoming, Being and Unbecoming an Educator in Early Childhood Education

   • Will Parnell

   Pages 1-10

3. A Tale of Collective Achievement

   • Darrell C. Hucks

   Pages 11-19

4. A New Perspective on the Lack of Men in Education

   • Shaun Johnson

   Pages 21-32

5. The Gift

   • Scott A. Morrison

   Pages 33-38

6. Feeling Special and Feeling Lousy

   • Patrick Lewis

   Pages 39-45

7. The Teacher With the Beard

   • Jeff Daitsman

   Pages 47-53

8. It’s a Man’s Field Too

   • Daniel Castner

   Pages 55-62

9. Opportunity for a Deposit

   • Juan Sanchez

   Pages 63-66

10. Men in Early Childhood and not Appreciated

    • Francis Wardle

    Pages 67-71

11. A Natural Instinct for Teaching Children

    • Robert Gundling

    Pages 73-78

12. My Experiences in the Lives of Children

    • Terry Bussey

    Pages 79-82

13. A Testimonio of a Latino Male Professional Journey

    • Loui-Vicente Reyes

    Pages 83-89

14. Finding My Place in the World

    • George Yamamoto

    Pages 91-101

15. A Life’s Journey in the Lives of Children

    • Brucex S. Sheppard

    Pages 103-106

16. Calling My “Maleness” into Question

    • Robert M. Capuozzo

    Pages 107-112

17. Back Matter

    Pages 113-123

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The narratives in this book engage the reader and take him or her on a journey to understanding of what it means to be a male teacher who works in early childhood education or with young children. They passionately share of their challenges to be involved in children’s lives because they are called to do so; this work is part of their life purpose. Their narratives details interactions between the teacher and the day-to-day lives of students, parents, peers and supervisors while sharing what it takes to survive as a man in what is perceived, very often in our post-modern world as women’s work. In the bigger scheme of things, the men teachers serve as cultural workers with their female peers to educate not only our children but our community and eventually ourselves about gender roles in our society and the need to have more role models during the first years of schooling. A fascinating book and a must read for parents, teachers, administrators, and other human service professionals who want to learn more about how to engage men in the lives of children.

• Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, USA

  Lemuel W. Watson, C. Sheldon Woods

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