Manlig förskollärare sökes : En studie av manliga pedagoger i förskolan

Sammanfattning: The purpose with this essay is to get a deeper insight into why there is a lack of male educators in Swedish preschools. I also want to know which role the male educators have in comparison to the female educators. This essay builds on four questions, which covers: The cause of the lack of males in Swedish preschools If there are any gender bound expectations on male educators in the Swedish preschools What the woman educators perceive about the roles of the male educators in the Swedish preschools How the male educator experience his own work in a workplace dominated by women The method I have used is a qualitative interview study in which I have interviewed four male educators and two woman educators from three different preschools. The result of this study shows that male educators gave different reasons to why there is a lack of male educators in Swedish childcare. According to the male educators the reason for this situation is that there is a worry to be seen as a feminine person, get singled out as a pedophile and that the childcare sector has low status. The study also shows that there is a great pressure on male educators in the Swedish preschool and stereotypical gender roles in the division of labor between men and women.