The Importance of Father and Male Teacher in Child’s Life in The Period of Preschool
Articles > Review · 2004
Authors: Şakire KARABAY
Ege Eğitim Dergisi, National Refreed University Journal, National, Diğer endeksler, 2004, vol 5, pp 25-33
Summary
<p>Because of changing life conditions, more women participation in many occupations leads to equality and cooperation between women and men. Therefore traditional roles and relationships in the family have become to change. When women have participated in an occupation, they need more support from their families, parents, friends etc. in bringing up their children and sharing responsibilities in household. Additionally, because of increasing rate in working mothers, most of them started to prefer preschools. Literature points out to the fact that the viewpoint “Mothers should be the only responsible person in child care and education” should be changed. It has been stated that fathers could contribute to their children’s psycho-social and mental development as much as mothers. Similarly, it has been noticed that participation of males in child development and education as a professional educator out of traditional roles would provide important contributions to the development of children. Although, recently, women and men prefer to work in many different non-traditional or gender a typical occupations, especially in preschool education women still constitute the major part of this field. The aim of this study is to discuss about the contributions of men as fathers and teachers in child development.</p> <p>Key Words: Preschool Education, Male Teacher, Father Role</p>