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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810016303321

Titolo

Women leading education across the continents : overcoming the barriers / / edited by Elizabeth C. Reilly and Quirin J. Bauer ; foreword by Helen C. Sobehart ; contributors, Apostolia Beka [and thirty-three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4758-0226-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

371.2

371.2011082

Soggetti

Women school administrators - Cross-cultural studies

Women college administrators - Cross-cultural studies

Educational leadership - Cross-cultural studies

Women in education - Cross-cultural studies

Women in higher education - Cross-cultural studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Published in partnership with the American Association of School Administrators."

"Third Conference Proceedings from Volos, Greece."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

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Sommario/riassunto

In far too many corners of the world, the most serious of all social injustice, in and out of education, is that which relegates the place of women and girls below the status of men. Unfortunately, the policies, theories, and practices dominating the field of educational leadership have contributed to these inequities and social injustices. The truths that women's (and men's) voices tell in this book transcend the struggles of today; and in so doing, anticipate how we might move from the business of education to more effectively begin addressing the challenges of freedom, social justice, and e