Women and school leadership : international perspectives / edited by Cecilia Reynolds.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Reynolds, Cecilia, 1947-

Series:

SUNY series in women in education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women school administrators--Cross-cultural studies.

Women school administrators.

Women college administrators--Cross-cultural studies.

Women college administrators.

Educational leadership--Cross-cultural studies.

Educational leadership.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

vii, 166 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2002]

Summary:

This international collection of work by leading feminist scholars in educational administration from five Western liberal democratic countries presents "state-of-the-art" research on women in school leadership positions. The contributors focus on the need for critical reflections, which reveal hidden aspects of leadership phenomena, and advocate diverse forms of positive action to improve the condition for women in school settings. As such, this collection challenges the reader to consider the partiality of all perspectives on leadership, as well as future directions for research and practice. It also brings together views of schools and school systems at the macro level, with discussions and case studies focused on the micro levels of school life.

Contents:

Introduction: New Questions about Women and School Leadership / Cecilia Reynolds 1

Part I Defining Shifting Contexts: Entrepreneurship, Changing Leadership Scripts, and the New Managerialism 9

Chapter 1 Reinterpreting Entrepreneurship in Education: A Gender Perspective / Valerie Hall 13

Chapter 2 Changing Gender Scripts and Moral Dilemmas for Women and Men in Education, 1940-1970 / Cecilia Reynolds 29

Chapter 3 Troubling Women: The Upsides and Downsides of Leadership and the New Managerialism / Jill Blackmore 49

Part II Exploring behind the Statistics: Women's Experiences at the Edge of Change 71

Chapter 4 The "Alberta Advantage": "DeKleining" Career Prospects for Women Educators / Beth Young 75

Chapter 5 Women Administrators and the Point of Exit: Collision between the Person and the Institution / Patricia Schmuck, Sandra Hollingsworth, Robyn Lock 93

Chapter 6 Feminist Educational Leadership: Not for the Fainthearted / Jane Strachan 111

Part III Questioning the Future: Feminism, Leadership, and Crossing Borders 127

Chapter 7 Is There a Future for Feminism in the Contemporary University? / Jane Kenway, Dianna Langmead 129

Chapter 8 Concluding Thoughts about Enterpreneurship and Crossing Borders / Deborah Mindorff, Cecilia Reynolds 147.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-162) and index.

ISBN:

0791453111

079145312X

OCLC:

47805087