Biography of Joan Wint: A Principal Whose Leadership for Social Justice Transformed a Rural Jamaican High School

Autor/in	Oram-Sterling, Jacqueline
Titel	Biography of Joan Wint: A Principal Whose Leadership for Social Justice Transformed a Rural Jamaican High School
Quelle	In: Journal of Women in Educational Leadership, 7 (2009) 4, S.195-217 (23 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1541-6224
Schlagwörter	Social Justice; Qualitative Research; Females; Rural Areas; Biographies; Foreign Countries; School Personnel; Women Administrators; Leadership Qualities; Profiles; Instructional Leadership; Poverty; Educational Improvement; High Schools; Family Influence; Community Influence; Mothers; Parent Influence; Mentors; Barriers; Transformational Leadership; Achievement Gains; Gender Bias; Jamaica + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Qualitative Forschung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Biography; Biografie; Biographie; Ausland; Schulpersonal; Weibliche Führungskraft; Führungseigenschaft; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Armut; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; High school; Oberschule; Mother; Mutter; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Geschlechterstereotyp
Abstract	This biographical study features the leadership of Joan Miller Wint, now retired, who for 23 years was principal of Denbigh High School, located in a high-poverty rural area in Jamaica. In the article I examine biography as a qualitative research strategy used in "telling" the stories of women leaders; explore the influence of Wint's early life and education on her leadership; highlight the challenges Wint encountered as a principal, as well as how she transformed the school from low-performing to high-performing; and discuss Wint's story in terms of the themes in the scholarship on women's leadership. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10