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Strategies for Engaging Men in Early Years Education: Insights from MITEY 2019 Conference

Explore strategies and ideas for attracting, recruiting, and retaining men in early years education. Learn from Dr. Simon Brownhill and David Wright at the MITEY 2019 Conference in London. Discover ways to address the gender imbalance in childcare workforce.

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Strategies for Engaging Men in Early Years Education: Insights from MITEY 2019 Conference

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  1. “How do you solve a problem like attracting, recruiting, retaining and developing men in the Early Years?” Dr. Simon Brownhill and David Wright MITEY 2019 Conference London, September 2019

  2. 9% 0.7% 2% 2% <1% 7% 2% 3.2% 0% <5% <2% 2.2% 0%

  3. Schools and settings Government – local/ national Training providers Men’s Groups

  4. Government publications • Meeting the Childcare Challenge (Green Paper) (DfEE, DSS and Ministers for Women, 1998) • EYDCP Planning Guidance 2001-2002 (DfES, 2001) • Children’s Workforce Strategy (DfES, 2005) • Supporting Families in the Foundation Years (DfE and DoH, 2011) • Early Years Workforce Strategy (DfE, 2017)

  5. Cause for celebration? • Bartlett (2015, p.3) is quick to remind us that ‘government targets and initiatives have come and gone without making significant inroads into the gender imbalance in the childcare workforce … while the political will may be there in the background, up to now this has not been translated into real, tangible improvements’.

  6. Activity Think, Pair, Share & Compare! • Training providers • Schools and settings • Men’s Groups

  7. Conclusions • Strategies, approaches, ideas & suggestions have the potential for ‘real impact’ if/when utilised • ‘Different contexts, situations and expectations’ (Brownhill, 2015, p.210) can influence the success or failure of implemented ideas • Honig (2008, p.676) suggests that ‘recruiting techniques require creativity and ingenuity to enlist men into participation in early childhood settings’

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