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[Steelrails]

Well, I'm not sure about Uni or H.S. jobs, but I can understand the hiring preference for women at the elementary school level.

Having seen various materials and lessons developed by female teachers vs. male, both from teachers I personally know and stuff posted on the net, there is a noticeable difference in quality. That's not to say every female teacher is better and that male teachers can't do those things well, but on average there is certainly a difference.

Go through waygook.org and look at the lesson plan materials. Look at ones posted by female teachers vs. male. Notice a trend?

Furthermore, the most offensive stuff I've seen has almost always come from male teachers.

Also, female teachers are in general able to better communicate, empathize, and show compassion to their students. Certainly they seem to generate more natural trust.

Also their ability to create well-designed, colorful, and quality hands on materials is noticeable. Men tend to take a more utilitarian view of hands-on materials, and their designs can be somewhat lacking in color and "zazz", which is important when dealing with young children.

Obviously these are very general things and there are countless exceptions on both sides, but I think one needs to consider those things.

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For all the complaining about sexist employers, boy some of the comments on this thread...oof.

Especially comments like "women are more easily bullied and manipulated". Is it really that? Maybe there's a flip side- women are more sensible when it comes to receiving instruction and are more willing to develop themselves. They are more apt to promote a cooperative workplace. To say nothing of the fact that plenty of women are confrontational and stand up for themselves. Plenty of theories on how women are inherently at a disadvantage but not any when it comes to men (except juvenile comments about T&A).

But guys, come on, are there any shortcomings we may have? Maybe its in how we are less apt to notice certain things or empathize or our linguistic abilities are on average lower than women's. Our lack of skill in fine motor skills? Lack of experience in things that might be conducive to young children's education?

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[PatrickGHBusan]

The point Ed makes about impressions is quite valid.

However, elementary schools typically prefer to hire female teachers. This is for many reasons, namely appearances with parents, the "motherly" instinct with young kids and so on.

Men are not perceived the same way when it comes to teaching young learners and that is too bad because balance is necessary there!

As an aside, my son's kindergarten in Korea was fully staffed with female teachers (2 foreign women were part of the staff).

My son's current elementary school in Canada is staffed at about 90% by female teachers. The only male teachers are for Phys Ed and French. The school tries to hire male teachers but has a hard time finding any. Kind of a traditional thing I suppose.

I would think it would cost schools nothing to forgo asking for female applicants and then just apply an internal screening process with applicants and select only female teachers. That at the very least would avoid the bad appearance issue and it happens all the time with hiring processes.

[Stan Rogers]

They should be sued for discrimination against men.

[PatrickGHBusan]

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[Weigookin74]

Time to get that sex change, rib removal, dye your hair blond, and get blue eyed contacts. Ha ha....

[Weigookin74]

[Weigookin74]

Though I stress some ajossi principals prob hated my talking to Korean female teachers too. May have been part of wanting to get rid of me. Lol. But the ed office had the power. In GEPIK, it's the local school principals from what I hear? (Just curious.)

[MUOhio82]

Where are all these jobs for women only?!

I'm blonde, blue eyed, almost 6 feet tall and can't even get a return email from anyone?!

Help a woman out!

[World Traveler]

The good jobs are out there for you, MUOhio82. Keep looking and don't give up hope! 화이팅!

[PatrickGHBusan]

Weigookin74,

You are right that this is not some hard rule. It just tends to happen that way sometimes.

[PatrickGHBusan]

[World Traveler]

Last month she left the job at the kids hagwon and entered the sweet university position. I am jealous.

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