There is a shortage of male elementary school teachers in the United States. Men who choose careers as elementary school teachers must be confident and ignore social barriers that keep other men from considering the profession. The current investigation seeks to understand the viewpoints of men who teach elementary school, a career predominated by women. This was the first known investigation on the topic using Q methodology. Data analysis extracted three distinct viewpoints: the Fixers, the Mentees, and the Aspirants. This study provides the results of data analysis, responds to research questions, and makes recommendations for policy. The findings of this study indicated that men who teach are proud to be role models and make a difference for students, and they believe that they are equally suitable to teach as women. Many participants seemed to be unaware of recruitment efforts in their field. The information gleaned from this study may help universities and school districts to seek new ways to attract quality male teachers.

在美国，男性小学教师短缺。选择职业作为小学老师的男人必须有信心，并且要忽略使其他男人无法考虑该职业的社会障碍。当前的调查旨在了解男性在小学学习的观点，而小学是女性的主要职业。这是使用Q方法进行的有关该主题的首次已知调查。数据分析提取的三个不同的视点：所述定影剂中，受指导者，与有志。这项研究提供了数据分析的结果，回答了研究问题，并提出了政策建议。这项研究的结果表明，教书的男人为成为榜样并为学生做出改变而感到自豪，他们相信他们同样适合作为教书的女人。许多参与者似乎并不了解其领域的招聘工作。从这项研究中收集到的信息可能有助于大学和学区寻找吸引优质男教师的新方法。