Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2006. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wyoming, 2005. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on Nov. 13, 2007). Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-100).

This is a study of teacher pushout among Black male educators. In particular, this study examines experiences that prompted Black male teachers to resign or be terminated from teaching positions with the goal of exploring contributing factors to Black male teacher turnover. Drawing from the pushout stories of 9 Black male educators, this study found that Black male teachers experienced pushout in three phases: 1) the Reason – characterized by idealistic and hopeful feelings about being a change agent in the lives of students, 2) the Reality – characterized by various turning points that made it clear that the teaching positions these teachers were in might be less than ideal, and 3) the Removal – characterized by a steady escalation of negative events and interactions that eventually led to their pushout (through firing or resignation). Within these phases, several themes emerged. During the Reason phase, participants reported feeling a sense of responsibility to teach and mentor disadvantaged students – particularly Black males, love for teaching, and a sense of calling to teach. The Reality phase was characterized by pressure to conform to the expectation of masculinity suppression or over-expression depending on the needs and desires of co-workers and administration, limitations on creativity, and pressure to go along with policies and practices that participants felt were unethical or ineffective. Finally, the Removal phase was characterized by a culmination event that resulted in a move to another school or out of the field of education entirely. This dissertation builds on research about teacher turnover and identifies teacher pushout, a specific phenomenon within teacher turnover. Further, this study examines pushout among Black males.

O presente estudo teve como objetivo analisar as questões de gênero e sexualidade suscitadas a partir da presença de professores homens que atuam nos Anos Iniciais do Ensino Fundamental em duas roças no interior da Bahia. Ao longo do processo de generificação das profissões, diversos ofícios foram feminizados. Contudo, o magistério se destaca entre os demais, pois ainda hoje há uma acentuada demarcação dessa profissão como ideal para as mulheres. A pesquisa situa-se nos campos teóricos dos estudos de gênero, estudos culturais e pós-estruturalismo e estudos das masculinidades. A roça foi compreendida na pesquisa enquanto um lugar generificado e sexualizado que apresenta seus próprios discursos nas construções de gênero e sexualidade. Embora não seja o foco central da pesquisa a Educação do/no Campo também é abordada na dissertação, uma vez que é nessa modalidade de ensino que as duas escolas pesquisadas estão inseridas. A metodologia escolhida foi a etnografia e como procedimentos de produção de dados foram utilizadas a observação-participante, a elaboração do caderno de anotações e entrevistas-semiestruturadas Foram entrevistados dezesseis adultos, sendo pais, professores/as gestores/as e quatro crianças, duas de cada escola. Além das conversas informais com diversos atores sociais da comunidade escolar e rural, mas os três professores homens são considerados os principais informantes da pesquisa. A partir das análises realizadas é possível concluir que a presença dos professores homens na docência com crianças ainda desperta questionamentos, tensões e pânicos morais. Foi possível observar que essas construções discursivas refletem nas suas aulas e na relação com as crianças. A partir dos dados produzidos emergiram três categorias analíticas centrais: o medo da pedofilia, os questionamentos em torno das masculinidades dos professores e as práticas pedagógicas que buscam um distanciamento de qualquer elemento considerado culturalmente como feminino. Por meio de diferentes discursos esses homens ao optarem por uma profissão historicamente feminizada são vistos como fora do lugar. / The current paper aimed to analyze gender and sexuality issues aroused from the presence of two male teachers who work in the First Years of Elementary School in two different sites in the countryside in the State of Bahia. Along the gender formation process present in the occupations, several ones were considered feminine. However, the teaching stands out from the others, once even today there is a pronounced demarcation of this profession as ideal for women. The present research is located in the theoretical fields of gender studies, cultural studies and also post-structuralism. The countryside was understood in the research as a gendered and sexualized place which presents its own discourses in the construction of gender and sexuality. Although it is not the central focus of this research, the Education in/of the countryside is also approached in the dissertation, once it is in this teaching modality that the two researched schools are inserted. The methodology chosen was the ethnography and as the data production procedures the participative-observation was utilized, as well as the elaboration of a diary for notes and also semi-structured interviews Sixteen adults were interviewed, among parents, teachers, school administrators as well as four children, two from each school. Besides the informal conversations with several social actors from the school community and the rural community, the three male teachers were considered the main informers of the research. From the carried analyzes it is possible to conclude that the presence of male teachers within the context of the teaching practicing with children still provokes questionings, tensions and moral panic. It was possible to observe that such discursive constructions are reflected in their classes and in their relation with the children. From the produced data, three central analytic categories emerged: the fear of pedophilia, the questionings around the teachers‟ masculinities and the pedagogical practices which search for a distance from any element culturally considered as feminine. By means of different discourses, these men, by opting for a historically feminine profession are seen as out of their places.

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Liberty University, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references.

O presente estudo teve como objetivo analisar as questões de gênero e sexualidade suscitadas a partir da presença de professores homens que atuam nos Anos Iniciais do Ensino Fundamental em duas roças no interior da Bahia. Ao longo do processo de generificação das profissões, diversos ofícios foram feminizados. Contudo, o magistério se destaca entre os demais, pois ainda hoje há uma acentuada demarcação dessa profissão como ideal para as mulheres. A pesquisa situa-se nos campos teóricos dos estudos de gênero, estudos culturais e pós-estruturalismo e estudos das masculinidades. A roça foi compreendida na pesquisa enquanto um lugar generificado e sexualizado que apresenta seus próprios discursos nas construções de gênero e sexualidade. Embora não seja o foco central da pesquisa a Educação do/no Campo também é abordada na dissertação, uma vez que é nessa modalidade de ensino que as duas escolas pesquisadas estão inseridas. A metodologia escolhida foi a etnografia e como procedimentos de produção de dados foram utilizadas a observação-participante, a elaboração do caderno de anotações e entrevistas-semiestruturadas Foram entrevistados dezesseis adultos, sendo pais, professores/as gestores/as e quatro crianças, duas de cada escola. Além das conversas informais com diversos atores sociais da comunidade escolar e rural, mas os três professores homens são considerados os principais informantes da pesquisa. A partir das análises realizadas é possível concluir que a presença dos professores homens na docência com crianças ainda desperta questionamentos, tensões e pânicos morais. Foi possível observar que essas construções discursivas refletem nas suas aulas e na relação com as crianças. A partir dos dados produzidos emergiram três categorias analíticas centrais: o medo da pedofilia, os questionamentos em torno das masculinidades dos professores e as práticas pedagógicas que buscam um distanciamento de qualquer elemento considerado culturalmente como feminino. Por meio de diferentes discursos esses homens ao optarem por uma profissão historicamente feminizada são vistos como fora do lugar. / The current paper aimed to analyze gender and sexuality issues aroused from the presence of two male teachers who work in the First Years of Elementary School in two different sites in the countryside in the State of Bahia. Along the gender formation process present in the occupations, several ones were considered feminine. However, the teaching stands out from the others, once even today there is a pronounced demarcation of this profession as ideal for women. The present research is located in the theoretical fields of gender studies, cultural studies and also post-structuralism. The countryside was understood in the research as a gendered and sexualized place which presents its own discourses in the construction of gender and sexuality. Although it is not the central focus of this research, the Education in/of the countryside is also approached in the dissertation, once it is in this teaching modality that the two researched schools are inserted. The methodology chosen was the ethnography and as the data production procedures the participative-observation was utilized, as well as the elaboration of a diary for notes and also semi-structured interviews Sixteen adults were interviewed, among parents, teachers, school administrators as well as four children, two from each school. Besides the informal conversations with several social actors from the school community and the rural community, the three male teachers were considered the main informers of the research. From the carried analyzes it is possible to conclude that the presence of male teachers within the context of the teaching practicing with children still provokes questionings, tensions and moral panic. It was possible to observe that such discursive constructions are reflected in their classes and in their relation with the children. From the produced data, three central analytic categories emerged: the fear of pedophilia, the questionings around the teachers‟ masculinities and the pedagogical practices which search for a distance from any element culturally considered as feminine. By means of different discourses, these men, by opting for a historically feminine profession are seen as out of their places.

O presente estudo teve como objetivo analisar as questões de gênero e sexualidade suscitadas a partir da presença de professores homens que atuam nos Anos Iniciais do Ensino Fundamental em duas roças no interior da Bahia. Ao longo do processo de generificação das profissões, diversos ofícios foram feminizados. Contudo, o magistério se destaca entre os demais, pois ainda hoje há uma acentuada demarcação dessa profissão como ideal para as mulheres. A pesquisa situa-se nos campos teóricos dos estudos de gênero, estudos culturais e pós-estruturalismo e estudos das masculinidades. A roça foi compreendida na pesquisa enquanto um lugar generificado e sexualizado que apresenta seus próprios discursos nas construções de gênero e sexualidade. Embora não seja o foco central da pesquisa a Educação do/no Campo também é abordada na dissertação, uma vez que é nessa modalidade de ensino que as duas escolas pesquisadas estão inseridas. A metodologia escolhida foi a etnografia e como procedimentos de produção de dados foram utilizadas a observação-participante, a elaboração do caderno de anotações e entrevistas-semiestruturadas Foram entrevistados dezesseis adultos, sendo pais, professores/as gestores/as e quatro crianças, duas de cada escola. Além das conversas informais com diversos atores sociais da comunidade escolar e rural, mas os três professores homens são considerados os principais informantes da pesquisa. A partir das análises realizadas é possível concluir que a presença dos professores homens na docência com crianças ainda desperta questionamentos, tensões e pânicos morais. Foi possível observar que essas construções discursivas refletem nas suas aulas e na relação com as crianças. A partir dos dados produzidos emergiram três categorias analíticas centrais: o medo da pedofilia, os questionamentos em torno das masculinidades dos professores e as práticas pedagógicas que buscam um distanciamento de qualquer elemento considerado culturalmente como feminino. Por meio de diferentes discursos esses homens ao optarem por uma profissão historicamente feminizada são vistos como fora do lugar. / The current paper aimed to analyze gender and sexuality issues aroused from the presence of two male teachers who work in the First Years of Elementary School in two different sites in the countryside in the State of Bahia. Along the gender formation process present in the occupations, several ones were considered feminine. However, the teaching stands out from the others, once even today there is a pronounced demarcation of this profession as ideal for women. The present research is located in the theoretical fields of gender studies, cultural studies and also post-structuralism. The countryside was understood in the research as a gendered and sexualized place which presents its own discourses in the construction of gender and sexuality. Although it is not the central focus of this research, the Education in/of the countryside is also approached in the dissertation, once it is in this teaching modality that the two researched schools are inserted. The methodology chosen was the ethnography and as the data production procedures the participative-observation was utilized, as well as the elaboration of a diary for notes and also semi-structured interviews Sixteen adults were interviewed, among parents, teachers, school administrators as well as four children, two from each school. Besides the informal conversations with several social actors from the school community and the rural community, the three male teachers were considered the main informers of the research. From the carried analyzes it is possible to conclude that the presence of male teachers within the context of the teaching practicing with children still provokes questionings, tensions and moral panic. It was possible to observe that such discursive constructions are reflected in their classes and in their relation with the children. From the produced data, three central analytic categories emerged: the fear of pedophilia, the questionings around the teachers‟ masculinities and the pedagogical practices which search for a distance from any element culturally considered as feminine. By means of different discourses, these men, by opting for a historically feminine profession are seen as out of their places.

Over the past decade, the lament that 'we need more male primary school teachers' has flourished in media and populist discourse, within education systems and in government inquiries in both Australia and the rest of the Western world. Whilst this discourse commonly assumes that more male primary teachers will benefit both boys in schools and society in general, other important considerations are silenced and overlooked and attention is seldom paid to the experience of male primary school teachers. This study explores the experience of male primary school teachers and the prevailing societal discourses about them. It focuses on their experience of crossing over into a career that is commonly regarded by society as 'women's work', and charts the advantages and disadvantages they face as a result of their maleness. The understandings that are found within this study are informed by relevant literature and by data emanating from media discourse analysis, statistical analysis and life history interviews. As a result of examining the relevant literature and data, this study has found that the experience of male primary teachers is likely to be complex, contradictory and problematic. Whilst some of their experiences are similar to those of female primary teachers, this study only focuses on the part of their experience that differs from female teachers and is the direct result of their maleness. Their choice to cross-over into women's work such as primary teaching appears to yield a unique and complex mixture of experiences that are poorly understood by both themselves and others. In particular, it is apparent that they experience a vexing combination of advantages and disadvantages as a result of being a male in women's work. This study has identified eight categories of disadvantage and four categories of advantage that the males experience. The various sources of literature and data have differing constructions as to whether the males are advantaged and / or disadvantaged. Most commonly, the sources privilege either the disadvantages or the advantages and silence the other. More rarely, they acknowledge and accommodate both. On the whole, the disadvantages are better articulated, understood and documented than the advantages, which are often silenced and ignored. In order to fully explore the experience of male primary teachers, this study has also sought to identify the prevailing societal discourses and debates about them and to examine whether they are affecting the experience of the males. Information about societal discourses was found in the literature, media and life history interviews, with media discourse providing the most significant and comprehensive data. After examining these prevailing discourses about male primary teachers, this study has found that they have an enormous impact on the experience of male primary school teachers. However, in contrast, the study has shown that the experience of male primary school teachers is not contributing to, informing or shaping either societal or media discourses. As a result, these discourses can be seen to be largely inaccurate, unreflective and unproductive because they do not reflect the experience of male primary teachers. This examination into the experience of male primary teachers makes an important contribution to knowledge because there are so few Australian studies of males who cross over into women's work or on the sexual division of labour in contemporary Australian society. Whilst the study produces many more questions than it supplies answers, it nevertheless results in extremely important understandings about the experience of male primary school teachers and crossing-over into non-traditional work. In particular, the study reveals the problematic nature of their experience and the complex experiences, advantages and disadvantages that they face as a result of their maleness. It also charts the unhelpful ways that prevailing societal debates and discourses about them have been constructed. It points to the need for new and more sophisticated societal debates and discourses about male primary teachers that will accommodate the complexity of their experience. It is therefore anticipated that these findings will make an important contribution to understandings about the experience of male primary teachers and to the development of more informed societal discourses about them. Most importantly, the study will provide a language and framework to enable the issues that have been identified about the experience of male primary teachers to be adequately addressed within education policy, teaching practice and teacher education strategies.

The purpose of this study is to stress what experiences men working in the earlier school years share about being a minority group and what thoughts they have about why other men tend to avoid this profession. In this survey I have interviewed four male teachers in the earlier school years. In previous research it is claimed that men choose not to get a teacher training for the earlier school years partly because this profession is known to be dominated by women where it is difficult for men to feel at home. It is also claimed that teachers in training choose the later school years in order to focus more on teaching than looking after the children. None of the interviewed men sees it as a problem being a minority group, neither during training nor in teaching. What the men in this survey state as the main reasons for why other men do not choose to become teachers are the low levels of status and salary. They also believe that the schools need more men but most of all qualified teachers who have chosen this profession because they take an interest in it.