References
- Acker, J. 1990. “Hierarchies, Jobs, Bodies: A Theory of Gendered Organizations.” Gender and Society 4 (2): 139–138. https://www.jstor.org/stable/189609. doi: 10.1177/089124390004002002
- Acker, J. 1992. “Gendering Organizational Theory.” In Gendering Organizational Analysis, edited by A. J. Mills and P. Tancred, 248–260. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Chan, A. K. W. 2011. “Feminising and Masculinising Primary Teaching: A Critical Examination of the Interpretive Frameworks of Male Primary School Principals in Hong Kong.” Gender and Education 23 (6): 745–759. doi:10.1080/09540253.2011.611041.
- Chen, A. 2008. “Male Kindergarten Teacher Development.” Studies in Preschool Education 162 (6): 22–23.
- Connell, R. W. 1995. Masculinities. Berkeley: University of California Press.
- Creswell, J. W., and C. N. Poth. 2018. Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing Among Five Approaches. 5th ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
- Cushman, P. 2005. “Let’s Hear It from the Males: Issues Facing Male Primary School Teachers.” Teaching and Teacher Education 21 (3): 227–240. doi:10.1016/j.tate.2005.01.012.
- Davidson, K. G., and B. G. Nelson. 2011. “Men and Teaching: Good Intentions and Productive Tensions.” Journal of Men’s Studies 19 (2): 91–96. doi: 10.3149/jms.1902.91
- Deutsch, F. M. 2007. “Undoing Gender.” Gender and Society 21 (1): 106–127. doi:10.1177/0891243206293577.
- Johnson, S. P. 2008. “The Status of Male Teachers in Public Education Today.” Education Policy Brief 6 (4): 1–12. https://www.menteach.com/files/Status%20of%20Male%20Teachers_021408.pdf.
- Johnson, S. P., R. Middleton, N. Nicholson, and D. Sandrick. 2010. “Still so Few Male Teachers: Now What?” Young Children 65 (3): 18–23.
- Jones, D., and P. Hodson. 2011. “The Construction of Identities: Male Primary Headteachers’ Perceptions and Experiences of Their Role.” International Journal of Learning 17 (10): 121–136.
- Kelan, E. K. 2018. “Men Doing and Undoing Gender at Work: A Review and Research Agenda.” International Journal of Management Reviews 20 (2): 544–558. doi:10.1111/ijmr.12146.
- Li, Y. Q. 2004. “The Tentative Discussion on the Urgent Need of Male Teachers for China’s Preschool Education.” Journal of Taizhou University 26 (2): 75–78. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1672-3708.2004.02.018.
- Li, W., and X. Zhao. 2010. “Boys’ Crisis: A Fact Based on Research Data.” Chinese Youth Study 11: 10–16. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1002-9931.2010.11.003.
- Liu, Z., and Y. Liang. 2006. “Reflection on Male Involvement in Early Childhood Education.” Journal of Tianjin Academy of Educational Science 67 (5): 84–85.
- Mills, M., M. Haase, and E. Charlton. 2008. “Being the ‘Right’ Kind of Male Teacher: The Disciplining of John.” Pedagogy, Culture and Society 16 (1): 71–84. doi:10.1080/14681360701877792.
- MOEPRC (Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China). 2012. Number of Female Educational Personnel and Full-Time Teachers of Schools by Type and Level (Dataset). https://www.moe.gov.cn/publicfiles/business/htmlfiles/moe/s7566/201309/156880.html.
- Mu, M. 2012. Establishment of Male Preschool Teachers’ Club in Shanghai. https://www.age06.com/Age06.Web/Detail.aspx?InfoGuid=94d7b74e-3cca-45a0-81c7-ebb8f4ecbe70.
- Piburn, D. E., B. G. Nelson, and F. M. Carlson. 2011. “Men in Teaching: Gender Equality Through the Promise of Gender Balance.” Young Children 66 (5): 64–66.
- Pompper, D., and T. Jung. 2013. “Outnumbered Yet Still on Top, But for How Long? Theorizing About Men Working in the Feminized Field of Public Relations.” Public Relations Review 39 (5): 497–506. doi:10.1016/j.pubrev.2013.08.007.
- Sargent, P. 2005. “The Gendering of Men in Early Childhood Education.” Sex Roles 52 (3/4): 251–259. doi:10.1007/s11199-005-1300-x.
- Schneider, D. 2012. “Gender Deviance and Household Work: The Role of Occupation.” American Journal of Sociology 117 (4): 1029–1072. doi: 10.1086/662649
- Tünte, M. 2007. “A Man’s Work in a Female World? Gender Paradoxes of Male Childcare Workers.” Gender Forum 17: 81–100. https://genderforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/200717_WorkingOutGender.pdf#page=84.
- van Manen, M. 1990. Researching Lived Experience: Human Science for an Action Sensitive Pedagogy. Albany, NY: SUNY Press.
- van Manen, M. 2016. Phenomenology of Practice: Meaning-Giving Methods in Phenomenological Research and Writing. New York: Routledge.
- Weaver-Hightower, M. B. 2011. “Male Pre-Service Teachers and Discouragement from Teaching.” Journal of Men’s Studies 19 (2): 97–115. doi: 10.3149/jms.1902.97
- Williams, C. L. 2013. “The Glass Escalator, Revisited Gender Inequality in Neoliberal Times, SWS Feminist Lecturer.” Gender and Society 27 (5): 609–629. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43669820. doi: 10.1177/0891243213490232
- Wingfield, A. H. 2009. “Racializing the Glass Escalator: Reconsidering Men’s Experiences with Women’s Work.” Gender and Society 23 (5): 5–26. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1177/0891243208323054.
- Yang, Y., and D. E. McNair. 2019. “Male Teachers in Shanghai Public Kindergartens: A Phenomenological Study.” Gender and Education 31 (2): 274–291. doi:10.1080/09540253.2017.1332339.
- Zhang, L. 2010. “An Analysis of ‘Prosperity of Yin and Decline of Yang’ on Campus.” Journal of Education and Teaching 11: 7–9. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1674-9324.2010.11.003.
- Zhang, X. 2011. “Masculinities in Crisis? An Emerging Debate on Men and Boys in Contemporary China.” In Men and Masculinities Around the World: Transforming Men’s Practices, edited by E. Ruspini, J. Hearn, B. Pease, and K. Pringle, 191–203. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Zheng, Y., and W. Shi. 2011. “Male Kindergarten Teacher Attrition and Strategies.” Studies in Basic Education 61 (1): 47–48.