Between Venus and Mars: Sources of Gender Differences in Instructional Leadership

Autor/inn/en	Shaked, Haim; Gross, Zehavit; Glanz, Jeffrey
Titel	Between Venus and Mars: Sources of Gender Differences in Instructional Leadership
Quelle	In: Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 47 (2019) 2, S.291-309 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1741-1432
DOI	10.1177/1741143217728086
Schlagwörter	Instructional Leadership; Gender Differences; Women Administrators; Principals; Leadership Qualities; Expertise; Interpersonal Relationship; Foreign Countries; Sex Role; Competence; Teaching Skills; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Weibliche Führungskraft; Principal; Schulleiter; Führungseigenschaft; Expert appraisal; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Ausland; Geschlechterrolle; Kompetenz; Lehrbefähigung; Lehrkompetenz; Unterrichtsbefähigung
Abstract	Instructional leadership can be explained as an educational leadership approach whereby the school principal engages in a wide range of activities aiming to improve teaching and learning for all students. A recent meta-analysis found that female principals engaged in more active instructional leadership than male counterparts. The current qualitative study sought to understand this gender gap. Data were collected through 59 semi-structured interviews with 36 female principals and 23 male principals from Israel. Data analysis was a four-stage process -- condensing, coding, categorizing, and theorizing. Findings showed that female participants, more frequently than their male counterparts, reported possessing two capabilities that are necessary for instructional leadership: (1) instructional expertise; (2) attention to relationships. Gender theories are employed to explain these findings. Practical implications and further research are discussed. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01