Capuozzo quoted on rarity of males in early childhood education
Bob Capuozzo, a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Educational Theory and Practice, has always been outnumbered by women in the educational field, even when he was a student in college. And according to several male students at UGA today, not much as changed.
I have always been the one guy out of 25 women," said Capuozzo in a recent issue of The Red & Black. “Then in my teaching positions it was always the same, so I’ve grown accustomed to it.
According to a Georgetown University study cited in the article, an overwhelming 97 percent of the early childhood education field is comprised of women, with only three percent comprised of men.