Women leading education across the continents. : finding and harnessing the joy in leadership / / edited by Rachel McNae, Elizabeth C. Reilly ; foreword by Jane Strachan

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910796926103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2018]; ©2018
• ISBN: 1-4758-4072-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (231 pages)
• Disciplina: 370.82
• Soggetti: Educational leadership - Cross-cultural studies; Women in education - Cross-cultural studies; Women school administrators - Cross-cultural studies
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Published in partnership with AASA, The School Superintendents Association".; Papers originally presented at a conference held in 2017 in Hamilton, New Zealand.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Section I: Overview: The Status of Women in Educational Leadership: Global Insights -- Your Eyes Are Beautiful: Profiles Of 21st Century Afghan Women Leaders / Elizabeth C. Reilly -- Women's Leadership in Santa Isabel, Solomon Islands Secondary Schools: A Case Study / Susanne Maezama -- The Impact of Culture on Women's Leadership in Vanuatu Secondary Schools / Daisy Warsal -- Factors Affecting Women's Access to Higher Education in India / Chitra Mku -- Section 2: Overview: Factors Impacting Women's Leadership / Chrispina Lekule -- The Relationship of Stress and Health in Women Superintendents in the United States / Kerry Robinson and Charol Shakeshaft -- Women's Perceptions of Risk when Leading and Engaging in Educational Change Deidre Le Fevre and Tamara Jones -- Barriers and Strategies: Stories of Women's Rise to Leadership in Higher Education in the Philippines / Arceli H. Rosario -- Scaling the Mountain to Principalship In New Zealand: The Enablers and Barriers in A Female Principal's Journey / Samantha Mortimer and Frances Edwards -- Section 3: Overview: Experiences of Women in Educational Leadership -- Dancing into The ; Unknown: Learning Leadership / Karen Barbour -- Know Thyself: The Influence of Career Orientations on Women Education Leaders' Career Decisions / Linda L. McGinley and Diane E. Reed -- Women Leading for Social Justice in Higher Education: Surfacing Hope in Challenging Times / Rachel McNae -- Minority Women Leaders in Higher Education / Wafa Hozien -- Section 4: Overview: Women's Rights Are Human Rights -- Malaysian Muslim Women Academics and Gender Equality: Situated Constructions / Saeeda Shah -- Adopting a Paradigm Shift of Equality for Leadership: Equality through Human Rights / Rogena Sterling -- Affirmative Action: An Effective Policy for Gender Parity in Leadership in Ontario's Public Education System? / Katie Higginbottom -- Interrupting Whiteness: An Auto-Ethnography of a Black Female Leader in Higher Education / Victoria Showunmi -- Section 5: Overview: Women's Leadership Stories / Making Inroads and Making a Difference: Women Leading Indonesian Junior and Senior Secondary Private Madrasahs / Jill Sperandio -- Celebrating Leadership Learning in Education Across Continents: Experiences of Women Leading in Rwanda / Shirley Randell -- A Female Leader in a Man's World: Stories of Women Leaders of Catholic Schools / Yvonne Masters -- Leadingmamas: A Visual Ethnography / Sarah Jean Baker -- The Path of Leadership for Women in Pakistan: Critical Reflections / Abaida Mahmood -- Balancing the "Yang" and the "Yin" Through Source-fully Intelligent Education / Coomi Vevaina.
• Sommario/riassunto: "The scholars and practitioners in this book discover and document the work of women leaders throughout the world" --