Fewer Male Teachers, More Baby Slop In this episode of This Week with EdSurge, two reporters explain why it is so important to trust but verify teacher motivations and educational videos. Jacob Lund / Shutterstock A monkey plays a keyboard with a drumstick, and nobody stops to ask if that is really how one works.
Addressing both problems requires verifying motivations and content instead of relying on surface impressions: that means listening to teachers and scrutinizing media targeted at early learners.
Practical responses include reconsidering hiring and retention practices for male teachers and treating early-childhood media as part of the learning environment that needs review.
Fewer Male Teachers, More Baby Slop In this episode of This Week with EdSurge, two reporters explain why it is so important to trust but verify teacher motivations and educational videos. Jacob Lund / Shutterstock A monkey plays a keyboard with a drumstick, and nobody stops to ask if that is really how one works. A male teacher walks into a school and someone decides he must be the gym coach before he says a word.
Stories Mentioned in This Episode As Male Teachers Vanish From the Classroom, Schools Look for Ways to Bring Them Back by Ed Finkel AI Videos Are Warping Early Learning, Teachers Say. Popular on EdSurge News Hundreds of Thousands of Eligible Kids Are Waiting for Childcare Assistance Moriah Balingit and Lauren Coffey News A Principal and a Student Reviewed the New ChatGPT for Teens. EdSurge Staff News Visual Arts Student Artists Wrestle with AI's Promise and Peril David Weldon News EdSurge Podcast Supporting Early Childhood Educators EdSurge Staff Voices of Change Artificial Intelligence.
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