Gender, Management and Leadership in Initial Teacher Education Managing to Survive in the Education Marketplace? /

• Main Author: Thompson, Barbara (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education
• Subjects: Education.; Management.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Educational sociology.; Teaching.; Sociology.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Sex (Psychology).; Gender expression.; Gender identity.; Teaching and Teacher Education.; Gender Studies.; Sociology of Education.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.

This book highlights the difficulties that women working as managers and leaders in initial teacher education face. Teacher education is at the forefront of education reforms and yet little is known about the professional lives of those who work within it. Whereas many women are moving into position...