Kindergarten Teachers’ Gender Imbalance In The Structure Of Social Science Research

With the constant progress of the society, people pay more and more attention to early childhood education. The phenomenon of preschool teachers’ gender imbalance is gradually put into vision of people. The gender imbalance caused by all sorts of adverse effects has attracted great attention. Why are the current kindergarten teachers mainly women? Which adverse effects the long-term sex structure unbalance brought about? How should we look upon this kind of phenomenon, and what measures should we take to improve this bad situation? On the basis of mastering a large number of documents, the author has selected12kindergartens for the on-the-spot investigation and study in the city of Fu Zhou. Through the investigation, the author analyzes the gender structure of students major in preschool education and preschool teachers, and examines the kindergarten, parents and children’s current attitudes and perceptions on the current kindergarten teacher gender imbalance. Then I use some social theory and feminist perspective to discuss the reason of the imbalance, and clarify some issues which need to discuss. On this basis, the author puts forward four corresponding countermeasures. The government should strengthen legislation and pay attention to the gender structure of infant teachers balance; mass media should propaganda and guide to establish the correct social gender consciousness; the directors ought to manage by park system, strengthen international cooperation; preschool teachers change idea and strengthen their awareness of social gender. The author hope that through the implementation of these measures, we can attract more men to join in the teachers ranks, and further optimize the teachers gender structure, promote the comprehensive development of children.