The unseen divide: who’s missing from Australia's classrooms and …
Jul 23, 2025 · The National Trends Teacher Workforce report, by the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL), reveals that while women overwhelmingly dominate the teaching …
Why are teachers mostly female? Because men get better pay in other ...
Jan 20, 2019 · Women are considerably over-represented in the teaching profession. Recent data show, among recent Australian university graduates, 97% of pre-primary teachers, 85% of primary teachers...
Why are teachers mostly female? | SBS Insight
Jan 21, 2019 · Women are considerably over-represented in the teaching profession. Recent data show, among recent Australian university graduates, 97 per cent of pre-primary teachers, 85 per cent of …
Australia's teacher workforce today - AITSL
The teaching profession is heavily women-dominated – in 2020, less than a quarter (24%) of registered teachers were men. Notably, women continue to be under-represented in senior leadership …
Gender imbalances in the teaching profession - OECD
Historically across the OECD, the teaching profession has been largely dominated by women. The share of female teachers has been increasing over the past decade – reaching 68% in 2014 for all levels of …
Teachers in Australia - Parliament of Australia
Oct 4, 2024 · The Census further reveals that teaching has become more feminised over time. For example, from 1961 to 2021, women went from 20% to 50% of university lecturers or tutors. The …
The gender composition of the teaching workforce has long been imbalanced, with women dominating the profession. While female teachers play a crucial role, the scarcity of male teachers raises …