Men in Early Childhood Education and Care

Jo Warin is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Educational Research at Lancaster University, UK, and co-director of the Centre for Social Justice and Wellbeing in Education. She has researched extensively in the fields of gender, identity and education.

• Chapter 1. Introduction. Why more men?.- Chapter 2. Scripts for promoting men's presence in the early years: gender balance and gender flexibility.- Chapter 3. Identities and masculinities in early childhood education.- Chapter 4. Fathers and male preschool workers.- Chapter 5. Men and care: diversity and equity.- Chapter 6. 'Testosterone play'?.- Chapter 7. Recruitment, training and retention.- Chapter 8. Conclusion: Men's presence in ECEC as a pathway towards positive gender transformation