Exploring Career Trajectories of Men in the Early Childhood Education and Care Workforce: Why They Leave and Why They Stay

Cover
Half Title
Series
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of contributors
Foreword
Part 1 Background: men, gender, and culture in ECEC
	1 Introduction
	2 Theoretical perspectives on men’s choices to remain and to leave
	3 A diversity of cultural and institutional contexts
Part 2 Factors that influence men’s career decisions
	4 Researching men’s career trajectories in ECEC: a cross-cultural inter-researcher approach
	5 Professionalization and gender balance
	6 Workplace environment: leadership and governance
	7 Experiences of workplace relationships as factors precipitating or preventing dropout of male educators in ECEC
	8 Societal factors impacting male turnover in ECEC
	9 Intrinsic motivations as a factor in men’s career decisions in ECEC
	10 Agency as a determinant of men’s decisions to leave or stay
	11 Masculinity, sexuality, and resistance
Part 3 Overview of findings and the way ahead
	12 Why men stay
	13 Critical moments in men’s career trajectories
	14 More men in ECEC: towards a gender-sensitive workforce – summary and conclusions
Appendix A Data collection protocol
Appendix B Coding scheme for researchers
Appendix C Thumbnail profiles of participants
Index