Three Men and a Maybe Identity and Privilege in Male Preservice Elementary School Teachers

Male preservice elementary teachers often receive special attention. However, identities consist of many complex components. Constant comparative methodology revealed emergent themes of privilege and disadvantage linked to gender, religion, and ethnicity in this exploratory examination of the storie...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inThe Journal of men's studies Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 3 - 20
Main Author Tucker, Stephen I.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.01.2015
Sage Publications, Inc
Subjects
Analysis
Elementary school teachers
Elementary school teaching
Identity
Social aspects
Teacher centers
Teacher centres
Teacher education
Teachers
Training
male teachers
privilege
preservice teachers
teacher education
identity
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

More Information
Summary:Male preservice elementary teachers often receive special attention. However, identities consist of many complex components. Constant comparative methodology revealed emergent themes of privilege and disadvantage linked to gender, religion, and ethnicity in this exploratory examination of the stories of three male preservice elementary teachers. The men demonstrated varying awareness of their hybrid identities and associated privileges and disadvantages. The participants found privileges and disadvantages related to their gender, but members of religious and ethnic minority groups perceived significant disadvantages of those aspects of their identities. Findings suggest that preservice male teachers’ identities are more complex than gender alone, that being in multiple minority groups may compound challenges for preservice male teachers, and that teacher training alone may not sufficiently address issues of identity.
ISSN:1060-8265
1933-0251
DOI:10.1177/1060826514561988