| Performing and Reforming Leaders: Gender, Educational Restructuring, and Organizational Change Contributor(s): Blackmore, Jill (Author), Sachs, Judyth (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791470326 ISBN-13: 9780791470329 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2007 Annotation: Explores the issues inherent in critical and postmodern feminism in educational leadership. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Leadership - Education | Educational Policy & Reform - Education | Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects |
| Dewey: 371.200 |
| LCCN: 2006013725 |
| Series: Suny Series in Women in Education |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.55" W x 8.99" (0.97 lbs) 324 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Winner of the 2007 Critics' Choice Award presented by the American Educational Studies Association Performing and Reforming Leaders critically analyzes how women negotiate the dilemmas they face in leadership and managerial roles in Australian schools, universities, and continuing education. To meet the economic needs of the post-welfare nation state of the past decade, Australian education systems were restructured, and this restructuring coincided with many female teachers and academics moving into middle management as change agents. The authors examine how new managerialism and markets in education transformed how academics and teachers did their work, and in turn changed the nature of educational leadership in ways that were dissonant with the leadership practices and values women brought to the job. While largely focused on Australia, Performing and Reforming Leaders strongly resonates with the experiences of leaders in the United States and other nations that have undergone similar educational reforms in recent decades. |