Women of Influence in Education Practising Dilemmas and Contesting Spaces /

"The goal in writing this book was to stimulate more comprehensive conversations about women in leadership situations (particularly secondary and tertiary education contexts) by understanding how women have gone about creating positive differences in educational environments. Frequently books a...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Cherry, Nita (Editor), Higgs, Joy (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Rotterdam : SensePublishers : Imprint: SensePublishers, 2017.
Series:Higher Education Horizons
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Table of Contents:
  • Series introduction: Higher Education Horizons
  • Preface
  • Section 1: The conversation space
  • Starting the conversation: The scope of this book and research approach
  • The voices of the women in universities
  • Women principals: Voices in non-government schools
  • Section 2: Conversation highlights
  • Dimensions of leadership
  • Creating frames
  • All the hats I wear
  • Taking up authority
  • Leadership engagement in real time
  • Inspiring girls through leadership and teaching
  • Gender in leadership and workplaces
  • Section 3: Costs and survival strategies
  • Survival and resilience
  • Leadership as emotional labour
  • Pursuing practice wisdom in leadership.