Description
The educational sector has made great strides in shifting gender expectations while pushing back against bias and stereotypes. However, a significant bias presents itself against educators who choose to remain child-free, with many teachers facing social backlash or moral outrage. Understanding the treatment of childfree educators may help us to explore the impacts of bias on individual teachers.
Experiences of Child-Free PK-16 Educators: Bias, Perspectives, and Assumptions provides relevant research in educational bias for the fields of education, psychology, gender studies, and feminist theory. It illuminates why an educator may choose to remain child-free, while highlighting their individual experiences as a child-free teacher. This book covers topics such as early childhood education, administration and leadership, and gender studies, and is a useful resource for education professionals, teachers, students, researchers, academicians, business owners, and industry professionals.
Author's/Editor's Biography
Catherine Zeisner (Ed.)
Catherine Zeisner
is a child-free, Canadian, and scholar-practitioner now a university professor in the United States. Catherine is a former PK-12 teacher and administrator now associate professor and chair of the educational administration department at Heritage University in Toppenish, Washington. As the director of a principal certification program, Catherine is dedicated to ensuring schools are led by transformational, passionate, and empathic leaders. While Catherine has not been a “parent” in the traditional sense, she has demonstrated throughout her career that all “kids” under her care feel loved, safe, and can thrive.