Where are the men in early childhood education?
Recent data from the Department for Education suggests only 2% of the people who work in early years education in England are male. This episode of the Froebel Trust podcast asks - why does early childhood education continue to have one of the most gender imbalanced workforces? And what would Froebel, inventor of kindergarten, have made of this? Presenter Colin Kelly and his panel of guests consider how nursery school and early years setting leaders could support more men to work in early education.
"... if we really believe in giving children equal opportunities... it's all about challenging stereotypes. And we do that on a day to day basis within our settings. But our workforce is this giant stereotype, we've got a lot of work to do to challenge that..." Pete Moorhouse
Guests: Pete Moorhouse, Dr Shaddai Tembo, Matt Langton and Louie Werth
Released January 2024.
Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/show/2cEgrNzwheaH603XDuHFgH