1st Edition
Exploring Career Trajectories of Men in the Early Childhood Education and Care Workforce Why They Leave and Why They Stay
Chapter 1 Introduction
David L. Brody, Kari Emilsen,, Tim Rohrmann and Jo Warin
Chapter 2 Theoretical perspectives on men’s choices to remain and to leave
Jo Warin, Birgitte Ljunggren and Markus Andrä
Chapter 3 A diversity of cultural and institutional contexts
Tim Rohrmann, David L. Brody and Jean-Yves Plaisir
Chapter 4 Researching men’s career trajectories in ECEC: A ross-cultural inter-researcher approach
Yuwei Xu, Jo Warin, Karen Thorpe and Tim Rohrmann
Chapter 5 Professionalization and Gender Balance
Christian Eidevald, Birgitte Ljunggren and Throsdis Thordardottir
Chapter 6 Workplace environment: Leadership and governance
Birgitte Ljungrren, Joanne McHale and Victoria Sullivan
Chapter 7 Experiences of workplace relationships as factors precipitating or preventing dropout of male educators in ECEC
Victoria Sullivan, Ramazan Sak and Karen Thorpe
Chapter 8 Societal factors impacting male turnover in ECEC
Jean-Yves Plaisir, Thordis Thordardottir and Yuwei Xu
Chapter 9 Intrinsic motivations as a factor in men’s career decisions in ECEC
Yarden Kedar, Markus Andrä and Victoria Sullivan
Chapter 10 Agency as a determinant of men’s decisions to leave or stay
David L. Brody, Markus Andrä and Yarden Kedar
Chapter 11 Masculinity, sexuality and resistance
Deevia Bhana, Yuwei Xu and Kari Emilsen
Chapter 12 Why men stay
Kari Emilsen, Jean-Yves Plaisir, Ramazan Sak and Christian Eidevald
Chapter 13 Critical moments in men’s career trajectories
İkbal Tuba Şahin-Sak, Ramazan Sak, Christian Eidevald and Joanne McHale
Chapter 14 More men in ECEC: Towards a gender-sensitive workforce – summary and conclusions
David L. Brody, Kari Emilsen, Tim Rohrmann and Jo Warin
Biography
David L. Brody is Associate Professor of Education, Efrata College of Education in Jerusalem, Israel.
Kari Emilsen is Professor in Social Science at Queen Maud University College of Early Childhood Education, Norway.
Tim Rohrmann is Professor and Coordinator for Early Childhood Education at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Hildesheim, Germany.
Jo Warin is Professor in Gender and Social Relationships in Education at Lancaster University, United Kingdom.
