"They Call Me Headmaster": Malawian and Australian Women Leaders

Autor/inn/en	Whitehead, Kay; Andretzke, Elaine; Binali, Valesi
Titel	"They Call Me Headmaster": Malawian and Australian Women Leaders
Quelle	In: Gender and Education, 30 (2018) 2, S.156-171 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0954-0253
DOI	10.1080/09540253.2016.1184235
Schlagwörter	Women Administrators; Secondary Schools; Foreign Countries; School Administration; Disproportionate Representation; Principals; Educational History; Political Influences; Personnel Selection; Family Work Relationship; Socioeconomic Influences; Cross Cultural Studies; Protestants; Gender Differences; Instructional Leadership; Malawi; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Weibliche Führungskraft; Sekundarschule; Ausland; Principal; Schulleiter; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Personalauswahl; Personalentscheidung; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Protestantism; Protestantismus; Geschlechterkonflikt; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Australien
Abstract	This article explores commonalities in the lives and work of women head teachers in Malawian secondary schools and women principals in Australian Lutheran schools. In both Australia and Malawi women are under-represented in school leadership and often appointed to complex schools and communities. We commence with a brief discussion of Malawi and Australia's political and educational histories which have much in common, before outlining current selection policies for school leadership. The second part of the article explores women leaders' initial and ongoing challenges in relation to their school systems, daily work and domestic lives. The final section focuses on their perspectives of current strategies to address women's under-representation as leaders in their respective school systems. Notwithstanding the stark contrast in socio-economic contexts, we highlight enduring transnational inequalities in women leaders' lives and work in Malawian secondary and Australian Lutheran schools. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01