Community: Music, Culture, and Child Development

These are some of my scholarly activities from 2017-2020:

Publications

Mindi Reich-Shapiro, Kirsten Cole & Jean Yves Plaisir (2020). “I Am the Teacher”: how male            educators conceptualize their impact on the early childhood classroom, Journal of

Early Childhood Teacher Education, DOI: 10.1080/10901027.2020.1754310

Plaisir, J. Y. (2019). Examining Intrinsic and Extrinsic Factors Impacting Men’s Decisions to Teach Young              Children. Published Research Report: Borough of Manhattan Community College. DOI: https://www.bmcc.cuny.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/BMCCPlaisiretalExecutiveSummary2019.pdf

Cole, K., Plaisir, J.Y., Reich-Shapiro, M., Freitas, A. (2019). Building a Gender-balanced                            Workforce: Supporting Male Teachers.  Young Children, Vol 74, No 4. DOI: https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/yc/sept2019/building-gender-balanced-             workforce-supporting-male-teachers

Cole, K., Reich-Shapiro, M., Siganporia, T., Tan de Bibiana, J. & Plaisir, J. (March 2019). ‘Why not become a           police officer?’ Challenges in the recruitment and retention of men in early childhood education.          In Rinke, C. & Mawhinney, L., Opportunities and Challenges in Teacher Recruitment and                Retention (Vol. 2, Contemporary Perspectives on the Lives of Teachers). Charlotte, NC:    Information Age Publishers.

Op-Ed

Kirsten Cole, Jean-Yves Plaisir, Mindi Reich-Shapiro. How can we get more men in early childhood   education? New York Daily News, January 30, 2020. https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-men-early-childhood-education-20200130-rhva6yna5fh3ncj6gwy7lx4szu-story.html

Jackie Mader. What is it like to be a male teacher in early ed? The Hechinger Report, November 28, 2019.

Conference Presentations

Reich-Shapiro, M., Plaisir, J. & Cole, K. “When you say teacher, they think female”: Listening to the voices of male early childhood educators. Submitted for presentation, 27th Annual Reconceptualizing            Early Childhood Education Conference “Border/lands and (Be)longings,” Las Cruces, New Mexico,                October 31-November 5, 2019.

Reich-Shapiro, M., Plaisir, J. & Cole, K. (2018). ‘I am the teacher’: Gender- conscious efforts toward                             diversifying the early childhood workforce. Presented at NAEYC 2018 Annual Conference & Expo,                November 14-17, 2018. Washington, DC.

Plaisir, J. Y., Cole, K., & Reich-Shapiro, M. “It’s More Than He Jumps Well With The Kids: Recruiting and         Positioning Men in Early Years Settings”. Paper presented at the 28^th Annual Conference of the                European Early Childhood Education Research Association, pp 46-47. August 30, 2018, Budapest,   Hungary.

Reich-Shapiro, M., Plaisir, J. & Cole, K. (2018). ‘When you say teacher, they think female’:               Reconceptualizing the gendered early childhood workforce. Poster Symposium: Implementing                Quality Early Care and Education at Scale: Findings from the NYC Early Childhood Research        Network. Presented at the AFC National Research Conference on Early Childhood (NRCEC), June       25-27, 2018. Washington, DC.

Cole, K., Reich-Shapiro, M. & Plaisir, J. (2018). ‘A male like me’: The construction of the male role model in             early childhood education. Roundtable: Experiences of Teachers. Presented at the American     Educational Research Association 2018 Annual Meeting: The Dreams, Possibilities and Necessity                of Public Education. April 13-17, 2018. New York, NY.

Reich-Shapiro, M., Cole, K. & Plaisir, J. (2018). How male educators conceptualize their impact on early                childhood classroom culture and children’s development.  Symposium: Universal PreKindergarten            in New York City: Implications for Policy and Practice in a Changing Landscape. Presented at the              American Educational Research Association 2018 Annual Meeting: The Dreams, Possibilities and        necessity of Public Education. April 13-17, 2018. New York, NY.

Plaisir, J. Y. “Ces Rares Hommes En Maternelle, Sont-ils Des Super Héros Ou Des Travailleurs Culturels?”          Invited Lecture at Université de Rouen, France, March 23, 2018.

Plaisir, J. Y., Cole, K., & Reich-Shapiro, M. “Garnering Supports for Male Role Models in Early Education            and Care Settings”. Paper presented at the International Technology, Education, and                Development Conference. March 5, 2018, Valencia, Spain.

Plaisir, J. Y., Cole, K., & Reich-Shapiro, M. “Positioning male educators in ECE classrooms: Preliminary research findings on effective strategies for recruiting, mentoring and retaining men in ECE”.                Paper presented at the 27^th Annual Conference of the European Early Childhood Education       Research Association, pp 46-47. August 31, 2017, Bologna, Italy.