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As a teacher I’ve had a very unique view of the world throughout the covid pandemic. By seeing things through the eyes of our children. This has made me realise what the real pandemic in our society is. It certainly isn’t a communicable disease but rather a condition which costs us much more in time, money and resources than we could ever imagine.Forget about the “covid” pandemic. This is the “lack of confidence” pandemic. This pandemic has been around long…..
Being a male teacher especially in early childhood education has brought me some interesting challenges in my teaching journey. I must firstly state that I never really felt that I was trying to be a male influence in a predominately female dominated industry like early childhood education. I also wasn’t trying to take the lead in any “Men’s Movement” or anything like that. As much as back in the 1990’s when the “Sensitive New Age Guy (SNAG)” thing took off,…..
I first thought about becoming an early childhood teacher almost exactly 30 years ago. My first inspiration came from my honorary aunt Terri who was my preschool/kindergarten teacher back in the mid-1970s. As she watched me grow over the years she began to tell me how I had a gift with young children and should think about becoming an early childhood teacher. At first, I thought this was a bit weird as I thought men did not do this for…..