TY - JOUR AU - Parr, Michael AU - Gosse, Douglas PY - 2012/01/02 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - THE PERILS OF BEING A MALE PRIMARY/JUNIOR TEACHER: VULNERABILITY AND ACCUSATIONS OF INAPPROPRIATE CONTACT WITH STUDENTS JF - McGill Journal of Education / Revue des sciences de l'éducation de McGill JA - MJE / RSEM VL - 46 IS - 3 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/6190 SP - AB - <p>There is a perceived shortage of male teachers in education, particularly at the primary/junior (P/J) level where male teachers in Canada account for a dwindling minority. Included among the many factors inhibiting males from becoming P/J teachers are perceptions that males might be unduly vulnerable to false accusations of inappropriate conduct with pupils, frequently of a sexual nature. This paper highlights findings of research exploring the experiences of male P/J teachers in Ontario. Results of an online survey completed by 223 male P/J teachers are discussed; 28 of these teachers reported they had been suspected of having had inappropriate contact with pupils and wrote online comments outlining their experience. The findings are discussed in the context of what it means to be a male assuming a non-traditional role of working with young children in today&rsquo;s milieu.</p><p>LES RISQUES D'ETRE ENSEIGNANT MALE AUX NIVEAUX PRIMAIRES ET JUNIORS: LES VULNERABILITES ET ACCUSATIONS POSSIBLES DE CONTACT INAPPROPRIE AVEC LES ELEVES.</p><p>Il est per&ccedil;u au Canada, qu'il existe une p&eacute;nurie enseignants masculins, particuli&egrave;rement aux niveaux primaires et juniors. Parmi les facteurs qui les emp&ecirc;chent de consid&eacute;rer la profession, est le fait qu'ils se sentent vuln&eacute;rables. Cette pr&eacute;sentation vise &agrave; souligner une recherche faite aupr&egrave;s de 223 enseignants masculins en Ontario de niveau primaire et junior. Cette enqu&ecirc;te &eacute;lectronique d&eacute;montre que 28 parmi eux ont d&eacute;j&agrave; &eacute;t&eacute; soup&ccedil;onn&eacute;s d&rsquo;un contact inappropri&eacute; et discutent des circonstances et les r&eacute;percussions de ces commentaires. Les r&eacute;sultats de cette recherche sont pr&eacute;sent&eacute;s dans le contexte des implications d'&ecirc;tre enseignant masculin travaillant avec de jeunes enfants dans un milieu de travail non traditionnel.</p> ER -