Although the gender mix in primary schools has been fairly stable (with 80 % of teachers being female), the percentage of
male teachers in secondary schools has declined from a majority (55 %) in 1981 to a minority (42 %) currently.
Not exact matches
Dr McGrath said the rapid rate of decline
in male teacher numbers occurred
in both primary and
secondary government
schools over the past 50 years, and that this trend was generally echoed
in non-government independent
schools and Catholic
secondary schools.
JE: One of the research questions that your study addresses is: Does the representation of
male teachers in Australia differ by education level (primary,
secondary — obviously this is
in a
school context) or by sector (government, Catholic and independent) over time?