DallasApple
Depends Upon My Mood..
I don't know about the ratio, but since teaching used to be "women's work", I expect the few male teachers there are in ECE are a relatively new phenomenon, like male nurses and secretaries.
I didn't have a single male teacher until grade seven. Then it was about half and half.
It's funny that all those women taught me nothing but men's history. I got the impression that "real careers" were not for girls. If the boys were sitting there thinking education was not for boys because the teachers were all female, that's a crappy deal for everybody.
Exactly that's how my mind goes.If someone says kindergarten teacher 1st grade teacher 2nd grade teacher 3rd grade teacher I assume female.Like if someone says "the pilot that flew the plane" I picture a man.I wouldn't be "shocked" if someone said it was a woman pilot.Its just historically it has been mostly men flying planes.I mean of course there is Ameilia Earheart.
So I don't understand how or when even this lack of male primary school teachers started to have these negative impact on boys.When in my memory its always been that way.More women teaching the younger kids.
Even if somebody says "we home school our kids" ...I assume its the mother doing the teaching or most of it anyway.