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TY - JOUR
T1 - Collegiality vs role models
T2 - gendered discourses and the ‘glass escalator’ in English primary schools
AU - Cousins, Thomas Anthony
PY - 2020/1/1
Y1 - 2020/1/1
N2 - Attempting to encourage and retain male primary school teachers can lead to the ‘glass escalator’ phenomenon, the fast-tracked advancement that men receive in gender-atypical work. Currently, in primary schools, males are disproportionately represented in management positions making up 35% of senior staff, while conversely only making up 15% of the general teaching staff. This paper presents one main theme from current doctoral research exploring how the ‘glass escalator’ operates in English primary schools, presenting findings on gendered discourses on the role of ‘promotion’ for teachers. The identification of two conflicting views demonstrates a disparity between internal teaching pedagogies and external societal opinions upholding the ‘glass escalator’ phenomenon. Abbreviations: OFSTED: Office for Standards in Education; CAQDAS: Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis.
AB - Attempting to encourage and retain male primary school teachers can lead to the ‘glass escalator’ phenomenon, the fast-tracked advancement that men receive in gender-atypical work. Currently, in primary schools, males are disproportionately represented in management positions making up 35% of senior staff, while conversely only making up 15% of the general teaching staff. This paper presents one main theme from current doctoral research exploring how the ‘glass escalator’ operates in English primary schools, presenting findings on gendered discourses on the role of ‘promotion’ for teachers. The identification of two conflicting views demonstrates a disparity between internal teaching pedagogies and external societal opinions upholding the ‘glass escalator’ phenomenon. Abbreviations: OFSTED: Office for Standards in Education; CAQDAS: Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis.
KW - collegiality
KW - Glass escalator
KW - male primary school teachers
KW - male role models
U2 - 10.1080/09575146.2019.1619671
DO - 10.1080/09575146.2019.1619671
M3 - Journal article
VL - 40
SP - 37
EP - 51
JO - Early Years
JF - Early Years
SN - 0957-5146
IS - 1
ER -