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Women: Returning to Manage Initial Teacher Education

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Gender, Management and Leadership in Initial Teacher Education

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This chapter focuses largely upon the middle managers and will argue that there has once again been a sea change in the gender composition of those who manage and lead teacher education. Women have re-emerged to become dominant in positions of authority in many schools and departments of education. However, the category of ‘women managers’ in teacher training is complex and internally differentiated, and managing teacher training in new managerialist times may not be equally rewarding for all women.

Analysis of the data suggests that whereas some women are moving into positions of authority, other women managers, particularly those who position themselves primarily within discourses of caring and collegiality, are being marginalised within new institutional structures.

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Thompson, B. (2017). Women: Returning to Manage Initial Teacher Education. In: Gender, Management and Leadership in Initial Teacher Education. Palgrave Studies in Gender and Education. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-49051-3_7

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