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|aSpencer, Kelli.
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|aA case study examining an elementary principal's attitude, perspective, and philosophy about male teachers and school culture.|h[electronic resource]
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|aAnn Arbor, Mich.|bUMI|c2009
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|a262 p.
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|aSource: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-08, Section: A, page: 2839.
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|aThesis (Ph.D.)--Mercer University, 2009.
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|aMale teachers are an underrepresented group in public elementary schools. Only 9% of the teaching population in America is male elementary level teachers (Chmelynski, 2005). Because of the lack of male teachers in elementary schools, exploring an elementary school that has 26.7% male teachers is vital in understanding how the principal influences the school's culture so that male teachers feel welcomed and comfortable and how the principal increases and maintains that population of male teachers. This case study is grounded in a review of literature about the principal's influence on school culture and the history of male teachers in elementary education and the perspectives that administrators, teachers, students, and parents have about male teachers.
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|aFrom interviews with the principal, school-setting observations, and focus groups themes emerged that addressed two research questions about how the principal maintains and increases the number of male teachers and how the principal creates a school culture that is inclusive and inviting to male teachers. The findings reveal that the male teachers at this school felt comfortable there because of there were a significant number of male teachers on staff and that the culture was inviting to them and that was attributed to the principal.
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|aSchool code: 1160.
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|aEducation, Administration.
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|aEducation, Elementary.
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|aGender Studies.
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|aMercer University.
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