Excessive care tends to make people weak, and early childhood education calls for "masculinity"
"Teacher Orange, I made this myself and gave it to you." "Teacher Orange, I have learned the gymnastics you taught last time." In a kindergarten in Luyang District, Hefei, a kindergarten teacher was surrounded by a group of children as soon as she entered the door.
Xiao Li is the "orange teacher" who is very popular with children. He is not a full-time teacher in this kindergarten, but "rented" from a special early education institution. I come here as a substitute one day a week, and my main duty is to take my children to do sports and outdoor activities.
"It is very important for preschool children to learn how to play. Play is a process of coordinated development of body and intelligence. To some extent, male teachers will play with their children. " Xiao Li said, for example, if children fall, female teachers may take care of them like mothers, but male teachers will not. "We will let them stand up on their own like equal buddies, which is more conducive to cultivating children's independence."
"Since the kindergarten hired a male teacher to replace the class, I feel that the child has become braver." A parent told reporters. His child is 5 years old and has always been shy and a little timid. After attending several outdoor games played by Xiao Li in kindergarten, he was encouraged and guided to play with other children. He was the first to sign up for today's game.
"Children from 0 to 6 years old mainly receive maternal education. Breast-feeding mothers, sleeping nannies and kindergarten teachers are all women. Children who grow up in a female environment will inevitably be too soft. If male kindergarten teachers are involved in educating young children, it will help to cultivate children's more sound personality. " Teacher Zhou Duoying, who has more than 30 years of preschool education experience, told reporters that the traditional preschool education in China has been surrounded by women for a long time, which is not conducive to the formation of children's sound personality and quality.
Zhou Duoying worked as a director in several kindergartens. She said that on the surface, male teachers are not as careful as female teachers, but they have advantages in sports, science and technology and rational thinking, which is more conducive to promoting the all-round development of children's body and mind. Male teachers' unique prestige and activity mode can prevent female teachers from developing children's emotional defects of haggling over every ounce and self-centeredness because of excessive concern. Introduce male kindergarten teachers into kindergartens, let children meet people with different gender characteristics in their early life, and cultivate some necessary personality elements imperceptibly, so as to lay a good foundation for sound personality and healthy growth in the future. "It's like having a father and a mother in a healthy family. Although the functions are different, they are the same and indispensable. "
Four male kindergarten teachers have been gone for half a year, and the embarrassment of "not staying" continues.
Male kindergarten teachers play an indispensable role in the healthy growth of children, but in reality, many kindergartens still face the dilemma and embarrassment of "no one is available".
The kindergarten directly under Chizhou municipal government recruited 4 male kindergarten teachers for the first time in the local area. For a time, four kindergarten teachers nicknamed "healthy brothers" by children have attracted much attention. However, in just over half a year, three of the four male kindergarten teachers have quietly left their jobs.
"There are some regrets. After all, we have carefully selected them and placed high hopes on them. " Wang Zhixiang, director of the kindergarten directly under Chizhou Municipal Government, expressed regret over the departure of three male kindergarten teachers. "We gave them the greatest care in terms of treatment, and clearly told them that after they officially joined the company, they would not be less than 2,000 yuan per month, and brunch would be provided. But unfortunately, they still chose to leave. "
However, Wang Zhixiang expressed his understanding: "Except one of these four people, the other three are from other places. The cost of living in different places is definitely higher, and the treatment bottleneck is difficult to solve in the short term at the kindergarten level. "
In the interview, the reporter found that in addition to low pay, male kindergarten teachers have to face pressure from society and family.
"In the past, many parents or friends were surprised when they heard that I was a kindergarten teacher. They think it is unthinkable for a boy to become a kindergarten teacher. " "Teacher Orange" Xiao Li told reporters that she first embarked on the road of "kindergarten teacher" because she liked children, but she was misunderstood in real life. "In many people's minds, this should be a girl's business, and the professional identity of male kindergarten teachers is not high. Even some friends in the same industry have repeatedly hit the wall because of professional problems when dating and falling in love. "
However, Xiao Li is optimistic about his career prospects. "I believe this profession is a sunrise profession. Now more and more people have realized the importance of male kindergarten teachers. In the future, with the development of society, people's understanding of us will definitely change. "
Sun Mingxia, deputy of provincial people's congress and director of Huainan kindergarten, has long been concerned about the construction and development of male teachers in kindergartens, and conducted special investigations. She said that at present, there are three problems in the process of cultivating male teachers in kindergarten teachers: traditional culture and public opinion have low recognition of male teachers in kindergarten teachers; On-the-job male kindergarten teachers and male students at school have weak professional identity and happiness; In the work group dominated by women, the competitiveness of male roles is relatively weak. "These three questions are progressive from the outside to the inside, which are relatively independent and interrelated. Only by properly solving them can we achieve the goal of talent training. "
More understanding, more care, so that more male kindergarten teachers can make a difference.
"To fundamentally solve this embarrassing situation requires the joint efforts of the whole society. The first is to make this profession recognized by the society, so that male preschool education will no longer exclude this profession because of fear of the outside world. " Li Li, director of the Office of Preschool Education Development and Reform of Hefei Education Bureau, said that it is necessary to intensify social propaganda, so that the whole society can care for and support the growth of male kindergarten teachers, give support and encouragement to their work, and let male kindergarten teachers work happily, confidently and worthily on the fertile soil of preschool education.
Li Li believes that although there is a shortage of male kindergarten teachers at present, I believe this situation will be improved with the gradual implementation of the national "Three-year Action Plan for Preschool Education". "In the future, the education department will also conduct conscious guidance when recruiting teachers."
"At present, the proportion of kindergarten teachers is low, and it is urgent for the government to provide staffing for male kindergarten teachers when recruiting teachers. With the establishment and treatment, the identity is also determined in order to attract talents. " Wang Zhixiang, director of the kindergarten directly under Chizhou City, said in an interview that he hoped the government and society would attach importance to the allocation of male kindergarten teachers and establish a perfect pre-school education security system.
"To change the pattern of" unifying the world "for kindergarten teachers and girls, we must start from the source." Teacher Zhou Duoying believes that we can implement the policy of free normal students, recruit and train male kindergarten teachers, learn from domestic and foreign experience, and formulate preferential policies such as salary, professional title evaluation and further education to attract male teachers to join the preschool education team.
"As a kindergarten, we should create conditions for the growth of male kindergarten teachers. Arrange suitable jobs, assign special personnel to be responsible for guidance and training, and build a development platform for them. " Sun Mingxia believes that success and recognition are important factors for male kindergarten teachers to take root in kindergartens for a long time.
"Male kindergarten teachers should also pay attention to the improvement of their comprehensive quality, be better qualified for their work and prove themselves." At the same time, Sun Mingxia said that a qualified male kindergarten teacher should have a firm determination to love early childhood education, be free from external interference, be more confident and believe that he can do well. We should constantly enrich our hobbies, constantly improve our personality, form a unique educational style, and make a difference in preschool education.