Benefits of a male's presence in the classroom
Shears, Jeffrey, January-March 2010
NHSA Dialog, 13(1), 66-70
A discussion of the benefits of males in classrooms for young children, an exploration of father's contributions to children's lives, and an examination of the theoretical literature on gender matching in early childhood classrooms
Other
The Early Head Start Father Studies: Design, data collection, and summary of father presence in the lives of infants and toddlers
Boller, Kimberley, 2006
Parenting: Science and Practice, 6(2-3), 117-143
An overview of the Early Head Start Father Studies, describing the study methodology, response rates, father demographics, and father child relationship
Reports & Papers
An examination of differences in fathering activities across race and ethnicity
Shears, Jeffrey, 2007
Journal of Early Childhood Research, 5(3), 245-261
A study of the frequency with which 33 social, cognitive, caregiving, and physical activities occur between fathers and their children, based on the self-reported data collected from 485 African-American, Latino, and European-American fathers and father figures of children from low-income households
Reports & Papers
Fathering attitudes and practices: Influences on children's development
Shears, Jeffrey, 2005
Child Care in Practice, 11(1), 63-79
An investigation into the influence of fathers' parenting beliefs and level of modernity on their children's development, based on a sample of 525 biological fathers and stepfathers participating in the Early Head Start Research and Demonstration Project
Reports & Papers
"I want child care he's gonna be happy in": A case study of a father's child care experiences
Ceglowski, Deborah A., January, 2010
Early Education and Development, 21(1), 1-20
A case study of the experiences of a single American middle-income father in his search for and continued use of child care for his son, based on quarterly interviews between 2000 and 2002
Reports & Papers
Lessons learned from Early Head Start for fatherhood research and program development
Bradley, Robert H., 2006
Parenting: Science and Practice, 6(2-3), 259-271
A summary of findings from the Early Head Start Research and Evaluation Project in relation to the fatherhood studies and the implications of these findings for future research
Other