Feminist Theory and Educational Leadership - Much Ado About Something!

Historically, leadership positions, as well as research on leadership and effective leadership, was primarily reserved for men or masculine characteristics With most societies traditionally following a patriarchal hierarchy, few people questioned inequalities in leadership attainment, largely because of supernatural and/or natural explanations of men's natural ability and desire to lead. This book runs counter to that culture and examines the experiences and leadership enactments of ten historically famous women leaders in hopes of gaining insight into their uniquely female leadership styles.

List of contents

Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1 Contemporary Leadership Theory
Chapter 2 Leading with Heart
Chapter 3 Catherine the Great
Chapter 4 Jane Addams
Chapter 5 Queen Victoria
Chapter 6 Marie Montessori
Chapter 7 Indira Gandhi
Chapter 8 Golda Meir
Chapter 9 Mother Teresa
Chapter 10 Margaret Thatcher
Chapter 11 Pat Summitt
Chapter 12 Hillary Clinton
Chapter 13 What Have We Learned?
Appendix
References

About the author

Robert Palestini is graduate dean emeritus and professor of educational leadership emeritus at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia. He is also the founding executive director of the Educational Leadership Institute and Center for Catholic Education at SJU. In almost fifty years in education, he has served as a teacher, principal and superintendent of schools of one of the largest school systems in the United States. He has written more than a dozen books on various aspects of educational leadership.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Palestini, Robert Ed. D Palestini, Robert H. Palestini, Palestini Robert
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.05.2013
• EAN: 9781475800661
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-0066-1
• No. of pages: 184
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / Administration / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, Organization & management of education, Feminism & feminist theory, Educational administration and organization, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education, Feminism and feminist theory, Feminst Theory