Grogan / Shakeshaft Women and Educational Leadership

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-470-93347-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 144 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: JB Leadership Library in Education

This groundbreaking book presents a new way of looking atleadership that is anchored in research on women leaders ineducation. The authors examine how successful women in educationlead and offer suggestions and ideas for developing and honingthese exemplary leadership practices.
Women and Educational Leadership shows how the qualitiesthat characterize women's approaches to leadership differ fromtraditional approaches?whether the traditional leader is a woman ora man. The authors reveal that women leaders are more collaborativeby nature and demonstrate a commitment to social justice. They tendto bring an instructional focus to leadership, include spiritualdimensions in their work, and strive for balance between thepersonal and professional.
This important book offers a new model of leadership that shiftsaway from the traditional heroic notion of leadership to thecollective account of leadership that focuses on leadership for aspecific purpose--like social justice. The authors includeillustrative examples of leaders who have brought diverse groups towork toward common ground. They also show how leadership is a wayto facilitate and support the work of organizational members. Theideas and suggestions presented throughout the book can help thenext generation fulfill the promise of a new tradition ofleadership.
Women and Educational Leadership is part of theJossey-Bass Leadership Library in Education series.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Grogan, Margaret

Shakeshaft, Charol

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Beverly Hall ix
Introduction: Women Leaders Redefine Leadership 1
1. Five Ways Women Lead 5
Relational Leadership 6
Leadership for Social Justice 10
Spiritual Leadership 13
Leadership for Learning 18
Balanced Leadership 21
2. Our Status: Women School Administrators 27
History of Gender and School Leadership Research 31
Gender and Leading for Change 36
3. A New Way: Diverse Collective Leadership 41
Leading Collectively for Change 44
Relational Power 46
Social Network Theories and Change 48
Fluid Lines of Communication 51
The Power of Cognitive Shifts 54
Stages of Cognitive Shifts 57
4. A Closer Look at Collective Leadership in Practice 63
From Distributed Leadership to Diverse Collective Leadership 64
ThreeWays to Support a Dynamic Culture 66
The Power of Integration: A Personal Skill 69
WorkingWith and Through Others 72
School as Social Movement 75
5. Beyond Gender? 83
Leadership Shaped by Women 84
Making Meaning of Leadership 89
Embracing the Power of the Collective 92
Sustainable Leadership 96
Conclusion: Generating the Power of a Diverse Collective 101
References 107
Index 123

Über Autor(innen)

Margaret Grogan is dean of the School of Educational Studies at Claremont Graduate University. Charol Shakeshaft is the department chair of Educational Leadership at Virginia Commonwealth University.