Women as Leaders in Education [2 volumes] - Succeeding Despite Inequity, Discrimination, and Other Challenges (Hardcover)

This up-to-date, candid examination of women's careers in education and leadership in education describes the pitfalls, triumphs, and future promise of female leaders in education. Overall, education is a field still dominated by women, yet women do not typically pursue or attain leadership positions at the administrative level. Research has revealed some of the reasons for this: women still experience gender discrimination in education careers, experience higher attrition rates, and have slower career mobility than do men. Additionally, women in education are apparently less valued, and their performance is more critically evaluated, as in other fields. This insightful text shows the gender-based inequities and discrimination women face when aiming for leadership positions in education, and lays out a plan to bring success to this level of the field that is still male-dominated. Women as Leaders in Education: Succeeding Despite Inequity, Discrimination, and Other Challenges is the result of a team of leading feminist educators and scholars. It delves into feminist women's leadership in education from kindergarten to graduate school. This two-volume work assesses the historical and current political landscape with regard to women hitting a "glass ceiling," issues of social justice, and the unique challenges women face in educational leadership as well as the new field of teacher leadership. Contributions from 40 distinguished scholars and practitioners with expertise in a variety of fields, comprising all original material Multicultural bibliographies of significant materials from the fields of education, policy studies, psychology, sociology, women's studies, and others Helpful indexes offer access to the entries

General

Imprint:	Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2011
First published:	September 2011
Editors:	Jennifer L. Martin
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 61mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Volumes:	2
Pages:	699
ISBN-13:	978-0-313-39169-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General
LSN:	0-313-39169-6
Barcode:	9780313391699

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