now there are all female teachers in kindergartens, and it is rare to see male teachers. Now more and more kindergartens don't have male kindergarten teachers. Why don't boys want to be kindergarten teachers now?
According to the information from the Department of education, there are 97000 full-time teachers in kindergartens across the province, with a gap of about 20000. In Chengdu, which is relatively rich in resources, the teacher-student ratio of kindergartens in 2015 is 1:8, which is lower than the requirements of 1:5 to 1:7 of the Ministry of education.
There is an overall shortage of preschool teachers, let alone male ones. The survey shows that the male students majoring in preschool education in normal universities are rare. At present, there are 5264 preschool education students at all levels in Sichuan Kindergarten Teachers College, of which 85 are boys, accounting for less than 2%; among the 2200 preschool education students in North Sichuan Kindergarten Teachers College, there are only more than 80 boys. There has always been a shortage of male kindergarten teachers. Yu Lin, director of Chengdu No.16 kindergarten, who has been engaged in preschool education for 30 years, said that the current male kindergarten teachers of No.16 kindergarten are recruited from Chengdu Institute of physical education. They mainly teach public physical education classes for children, but they have never recruited male kindergarten teachers majoring in preschool education. In kindergarten, the ideal is to have a male teacher in every two classes. "I heard that Sichuan Preschool Teachers College will open a class for male preschool teachers. Yu Lin said excitedly that she wanted to reserve some students and carry out order training.
Low pay, career development is not optimistic
This year, Yixi of Lausanne will graduate from the second Department of preschool education of Sichuan preschool teachers college. This Tibetan Boy from Danba County of Ganzi Prefecture is currently working as an intern in a kindergarten training institution in Deyang. He told reporters: 'when I applied for this major, most of my relatives and friends were not optimistic about it. They said that if a big guy or a small guy did it, how would he find a girlfriend and support his family in the future
In Yu Lin's opinion, low social recognition, low income, difficult mate selection and high psychological pressure are the important reasons why many boys are reluctant to choose to be kindergarten teachers. However, the society is not optimistic about male kindergarten teachers. "Half of his seniors have left the preschool education industry," says Lausanne Yixi.
There are few male teachers engaged in preschool education, which is harmful to the healthy growth of children. Qin Li believes that compared with female teachers, male teachers have stronger creative thinking and more generous education methods, which are beneficial to the cultivation of children's inquiry ability. "In the process of children's growth, androgyny education is the most ideal, which can have the excellent qualities of both sexes and have a more healthy personality. '
"Brother Wukong", as the children of luosangyixi kindergarten call him. On one of the parents' open days, parents gave thumbs up one after another when they saw the happy interaction between brother Wukong and the children. 'I love my present job and want to be a kindergarten teacher in my hometown after graduation. 'said Lausanne.
Compared with the current demand for male kindergarten teachers, 55 places are just a drop in the bucket. But we hope that through this move, the whole society will pay attention to male kindergarten teachers and work together to solve the problem that male kindergarten teachers cannot be recruited and retained. Sichuan kindergarten teachers college takes the lead in eating crabs, which not only meets the needs of society, but also plays a leading role.
Since 2010, Jiangsu Province has taken the lead in recruiting 'free normal male students majoring in five-year pre-school normal education' nationwide, and the tuition fee is paid by the finance. Last year, the first male kindergarten teachers graduated, and the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Education asked them to ensure that they had staff and posts. In Qin Li's view, Jiangsu's policy is worth learning.
Can the policy be inclined to attract more boys to choose to engage in preschool education? Lausanne Yixi said that it is more important for the society to be more tolerant. If people still look at male kindergarten teachers with different eyes, they will not get basic professional respect, and the status quo of gender imbalance of kindergarten teachers will be difficult to change.
There are five male teachers in Mianyang Island Kindergarten, some of whom have worked in the kindergarten for many years. One of the unique skills of director Wu Xin is to tailor work positions for male teachers. "We usually arrange male teachers in sports, development, experiment and other positions, so that they can give full play to their strengths and have a sense of existence and acquisition. '