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Book SynopsisWomen Leading Education Across the Continents: Harnessing the Joy in Leadershipis the fifth collection of research from scholars around the globe who seek to understand the successes, challenges and progress of girls and women leading in education. Using a variety of approaches to their inquiries, the scholars and practitioners in this book discover and document the work of women leaders throughout the world, seeking to understand in more nuanced ways how to chart a path for a more just society for all. This volume explores the status of women in educational leadership internationally, the factors that affect their leadership, their personal experiences and stories, and their work within the broader context of human rights. The journey of discovery in these pages invites titiro whakamualooking toward a world for the good of all people.
Trade ReviewWomen Leading Education Across the Continents: Harnessing the Joy in Leadership is a rare and ambitious project that explores both the depth of this important topic while also including important international perspectives. Collectively considered, the book investigates and critiques problems related to women and leadership while also celebrating successes and offering strategies for creating positive change in people, policies and practices. This is a must-read for educational leaders regardless of gender—there are lessons here for all organizations and individuals. -- Jeffrey S. Brooks, professor, RMIT University
I wholeheartedly endorse this excellent collection of women’s research from across the world, focusing on finding and harnessing the joy of leadership within education. Framing the book within a Māori kaupapa is a particularly strong feature, as it provides a platform for sharing what is unique about Aotearoa with the rest of the world. This book provides insights into how women have sought to both understand and transform the environments within which they live. ‘Kei a tātou tēnei ao; kei a tātau hoki ēnei iti kahurangi. This is our world; these are the challenges we must strive to overcome.’ (Māori proverb) -- Sarah Leberman, professor in leadership, Massey University
Too often women and leadership topics focus on the negatives - the toxicity, the issues, the sexism and misogyny. These are all true and unfortunately accurate portrayals of one aspect of the dark side of leadership for women. But there is another side to which this book draws our attention. It is a well overdue collection of chapters on the possibilities and promises of leadership and of the joy within. I read it with great enjoyment and found the stories, drawing on a wide range of women's experiences, inspiring and full of hope. In an era of Trump, this is an important message to be providing. -- Jane Wilkinson, associate dean graduate research; associate professor educational leadershi
This book is an excellent addition to the work on women in educational leadership, with its broad perspective, and multi-cultural focus. Students of educational leadership will find it an excellent addition to the work in the field, and learn something new both about themselves as leaders, and the richness of the contexts within which women lead. -- Megan Crawford, PhD, director, Plymouth Institute of Education, Professor of Ed Leadership and Professional Learning
This remarkable volume introduces a new dimension to women’s leadership in education. Teacher leaders, school principals and community educators will be inspired by diverse insights, cultural wisdom and global contexts. What a great textbook! -- Margaret Grogan, dean, Chapman University
This book reflects a wealth of experience from women leaders and those supporting women leaders of education throughout the world. It includes established internationally known voices and those fresh to the field who bring new insights. In this ‘Me Too’ era, listening to the voices of women in so critical a field as education could not be more important. This book provides a highway to listening and understanding their experience throughout the world. -- Jacky Lumby, emeritus professor, University of Southampton, UK
This collection of research harnesses the joy of women’s leadership across compulsory and higher education. Women’s stories are recounted by scholars working in contexts as diverse as the Solomon Islands and Afghanistan, New Zealand and the United States. Insightful accounts of women’s status as leaders, the factors that influence their achieving and doing leadership, and seeing women’s rights as human rights amount to a collective and welcome story of hope in challenging times. -- Kay Fuller, University of Nottingham
This comprehensive collection from seminal researchers in the field, alongside emerging researchers and practitioner-scholars, from such diverse contexts, provides a powerful model of scholarship for equity. This book will be a valuable text in academic studies and will also provide insight and guidance for women, and all leaders focused on equity for women, at all levels of the system. Women Leading Education Across the Continents: Harnessing the Joy in Leadership builds on, but not exclusively from, a strong community of voice and research from the Women Leading Education group. It therefore provides critical perspectives, as well as offering practical strategies and hope, for equity for women’s leadership in education. -- Jan Robertson, PhD, Academic Leadership Consultant New Zealand, adjunct professor, Griffiths University Australia
International Women Leading Education, by Rachel McNae and Elizabeth C. Reilly is groundbreaking and sets the agenda for Women Leadership in Education while creating a cultural shift and empowering mechanism. The rich voices presented in the different chapters set the stage for cross-sectional understanding of women leadership and equitable education praxis in different nation states which makes the book of a global value. -- Khalid Arar, associate editor, International Journal of Leadership in Education; author, Arab Women in Management & Leadership, Palgrave
Table of ContentsForeword: Women Creating a Cultural Shift in Educational Leadership Jane Strachan Acknowledgements Rachel McNae and Elizabeth C. Reilly Prologue: Kupu whakataki: Titiro whakamuri, kia pai ai te titiro whakamua—Look to the Past to Understand the Present and Prepare the Pathway Forward Sharon Campbell SECTION 1: THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP: GLOBAL INSIGHTS Section 1 Editor – Pontso Moorosi Chapter 1- Section I Overview: The Status of Women in Educational Leadership: Global Insights Chapter 2- Your Eyes Are Beautiful: Profiles Of 21st Century Afghan Women Leaders Elizabeth C. Reilly Chapter 3- Women’s Leadership in Santa Isabel, Solomon Islands Secondary Schools: A Case Study. Susanne Maezama Chapter 4- The Impact of Culture on Women's Leadership in Vanuatu Secondary Schools Daisy Warsal Chapter 5- Factors Affecting Women’s Access to Higher Education in India Chitra Mku SECTION 2: FACTORS IMPACTING WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP Section 2 Editor – Chrispina Lekule Chapter 6- Section 2 Overview: Factors Impacting Women’s Leadership Chapter 7- The Relationship of Stress and Health in Women Superintendents in the United States Kerry Robinson and Charol Shakeshaft Chapter 8- Women’s Perceptions of Risk when Leading and Engaging in Educational Change Deidre Le Fevre and Tamara Jones Chapter 9- Barriers and Strategies: Stories of Women’s Rise to Leadership in Higher Education in the Philippines Arceli H. Rosario Chapter 10- Scaling the Mountain to Principalship In New Zealand: The Enablers and Barriers in A Female Principal’s Journey Samantha Mortimer and Frances Edwards SECTION 3: WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCES Section 3 Editor – Alice Merab Kagoda Chapter 11- Section 3 Overview: Experiences of Women in Educational Leadership Chapter 12- Dancing into The Unknown: Learning Leadership Karen Barbour Chapter 13- Know Thyself: The Influence of Career Orientations on Women Education Leaders’ Career Decisions Linda L. McGinley and Diane E. Reed Chapter 14- Women Leading for Social Justice in Higher Education: Surfacing Hope in Challenging Times Rachel McNae Chapter 15- Minority Women Leaders in Higher Education Wafa Hozien SECTION 4: WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP AND HUMAN RIGHTS Section 4 Editor – Michelle D. Young Chapter 16- Section 4 Overview: Women’s Rights Are Human Rights Chapter 17- Malaysian Muslim Women Academics and Gender Equality: Situated Constructions Saeeda Shah Chapter 18- Adopting a Paradigm Shift of Equality for Leadership: Equality through Human Rights Rogena Sterling Chapter 19- Affirmative Action: An Effective Policy for Gender Parity in Leadership in Ontario’s Public Education System? Katie Higginbottom Chapter 20- Interrupting Whiteness: An Auto-Ethnography of a Black Female Leader in Higher Education Victoria Showunmi SECTION 5: WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP STORIES Section 5 Editor – Jacqueline Oram-Shortt Chapter 21- Section 5 Overview: Women's Leadership Stories Chapter 22- Making Inroads and Making a Difference: Women Leading Indonesian Junior and Senior Secondary Private Madrasahs Jill Sperandio Chapter 23- Celebrating Leadership Learning in Education Across Continents: Experiences of Women Leading in Rwanda Shirley Randell Chapter 24- A Female Leader in a Man’s World: Stories of Women Leaders of Catholic Schools Yvonne Masters Chapter 25- Leadingmamas: A Visual Ethnography Sarah Jean Baker Chapter 26- The Path of Leadership for Women in Pakistan: Critical Reflections Abaida Mahmood Chapter 27- Balancing the “Yang” and the “Yin” Through Source-fully Intelligent Education Coomi Vevaina Afterword - Upoko whakakapi: Mana Wāhine Rachel McNae and Elizabeth C. Reilly About the Editors About the Section Editors About the Contributors Index
