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ERIC Number: EJ543775
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4871
In a Complex Voice: The Contradictions of Male Elementary Teachers' Career Choice and Professional Identity.
DeCorse, Cynthia J. Benton; Vogtle, Stephen P.
Journal of Teacher Education, v48 n1 p37-46 Jan-Feb 1997
This study investigated the attitudes, perceptions, and motivations of males entering elementary teaching. Interviews with 11 male elementary teachers (student teachers and recent graduates) provided information on career choice, conflicting reactions to teaching profession choice, the male teacher as role model, the conflict of being a nurturing male, and advantages and disadvantages for male teacher candidates. (SM)
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Career Choice, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Higher Education, Males, Preservice Teacher Education, Role Models, Sex Bias, Sex Stereotypes, Student Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Student Relationship
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Note: Theme issue title: "Gender Issues in Teacher Education."