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Go Where You Belong

Male Teachers as Cultural Workers in the Lives of Children, Families, and Communities

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  • © 2011

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Editors:
  1. Lemuel W. Watson

    1. Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, USA

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  2. C. Sheldon Woods

    1. Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, USA

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  • Written by experts, Gives a modern approach, Comprehensive in Scope

Part of the book series: Transgressions (TRANS, volume 67)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  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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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, USA

    Lemuel W. Watson, C. Sheldon Woods

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Go Where You Belong

  • Book Subtitle: Male Teachers as Cultural Workers in the Lives of Children, Families, and Communities

  • Editors: Lemuel W. Watson, C. Sheldon Woods

  • Series Title: Transgressions

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-406-5

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: SensePublishers 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6091-406-5Published: 12 November 2011

  • Series ISSN: 2214-9732

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-9740

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 123

  • Topics: Sociology of Education

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