Women Leading Education Across the Continents

Sharing the Spirit, Fanning the Flame

Foreword by Charles Dougherty Contributions by Anastasia Athnasoula-Reppa, Sister Hellen Bandiho, Dorothy Bassett, Quirin Bauer, Bettie Bertram, Jill Blackmore, JoAnne Burley, Marianne Coleman, Mustafa Celikten, Joyce Dana, Claudia Fahrenwald, Maria Luisa Gonzalez, Marilyn Grady, Margaret Grogan, Susanne Gruber, Juan Han, Stephanie Handschuh-Heiss, Esther Sui-chu Ho, Katherine Houghton, Alice Merab Kagoda, Angeliki Lazaridou, Pamela Lenz, Jacky Lumby, Linda L. Lyman, Hildegard Macha, Rosangela Malachias, Xiaoyan Niu, Flora Ida Ortiz, Thidziambi Phendla, Haiyan Qiang, Saeeda Shah, Charol Shakeshaft, Jill Sperandio, Jane Strachan, Sharon Adams-Taylor, and Eileen Zungolo Edited by Helen C. Sobehart

Publication date:

16 January 2009

Length of book:

344 pages

Publisher

R&L Education

ISBN-13: 9781578869954

Women Leading Education across the Continents is the first collection of research about and stories of women in basic and higher education leadership from every region of the globe. The chapters are authored by scholars representing every continent, including a keynote from the first all female team to traverse Antarctica. The book captures not only statistical data about the position of women in basic and higher education in over 17 countries, but relates compelling insights and stories about the challenges that women face in leadership, the limited access to education by young women, and some strategies for success that have fanned a flame to light the way for both women and men to follow toward equity and social justice.

Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Introduction - Fire, Ice, and the Journey
Part 3 Revolutionary Choices — The Brits, the Yanks, and Gender Identity Itself
Chapter 4 Overview
Chapter 5 Women In Educational Leadership in England
Chapter 6 Conscious Leadership in a Political World
Chapter 7 Disappearing Gender
Part 8 Desert, Rainforest, and Growing Oasis — Traversing Challenge and Opportunity in Africa
Chapter 9 Overview
Chapter 10 Status of Educational Leadership and Female Participation: The Case of Tanzania
Chapter 11 Prospects and Challenges for Women Seeking Careers and Professional Development in School Administration and Leadership in the Ugandan Education System
Chapter 12 Women on the Rise: Women Navigating across Social, Political, Economical, and Cultural Arenas to Claim Their Stake in Educational Leadership Positions in South Africa
Part 13 A Modern/Ancient Paradox — Issues in China, New Zealand, Melanesia, and Australia
Chapter 14 Overview
Chapter 15 The Repositioning of Women in Educational Leadership and Changing the Social Relations Gender in Australia
Chapter 16 Women's Leadership in Educational Decentralization and Parental Involvement: The Case of Hong Kong
Chapter 17 Chinese Women's Participation in Educational Leadership: A Review and Analysis of the Current Situation
Chapter 18 Women and Educational Leadership in the South Pacific
Part 19 The Deep Influence of Culture and Personal Values — Greece, Bangladesh, and Muslim Society
Chapter 20 Overview
Chapter 21 Leadership, Change, and Gender: Reflections of Greek and U.S. Women Leaders
Chapter 22 Women and Educational Leadership in a Muslim Society
Chapter 23 Preparing Women for Educational Leadership: Opportunities in Non-Formal Education in Bangladesh
Part 24 Must Society, Politics, and/or Education Itself Change? — Barriers and Catalysts in Turkey and Germany
Chapter 25 Overview
Chapter 26 Gender Mainstreaming at German Universities: Successful Strategies of Implementation
Chapter 27 Portraying Women Administrators: Turkish Cases
Chapter 28 Gender Mainstreaming: Women in Leadership and the "Physics of Calamities"
Part 29 Voice, Place, and Face — Ways of Knowing in Brazil, Hispanic and Mixed Cultures, and the Caribbean Islands
Chapter 30 Overview
Chapter 31 Women in Educational Leadership: The Relationship between Contextual Factors and Women's Careers in Educational Leadership
Chapter 32 Communicative Actions — The Brazilian Women in Educational Leadership
Chapter 33 A Photographic Journey of Discovery: Women and Children Living in Dominica, West Indies
Chapter 34 Energy, Spirit, and Light: The Journey's End and Beginning

This book is a must-read by female leaders around the world. The result of teamwork from global educators, Women Leading Education across the Continents focuses on gender, educational leadership, and social justice. Each contribution gives the reader insight into the challenges women face around the world. It is a volume of hope and inspiration for all who have a passion for education.