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Women's Experiences in Leadership in K-16 Science Education Communities, Becoming and Being
ASTE Series in Science Education
96,29 € |
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Verlag: | Springer |
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Veröffentl.: | 18.06.2009 |
ISBN/EAN: | 9789048122394 |
Sprache: | englisch |
Anzahl Seiten: | 256 |
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Beschreibungen
<P>A discourse on women’s leadership within science education has, until now, been largely invisible in book form. This, therefore, is the first book to address women’s leadership within science education.</P>
<P>The book embraces relational ways of knowing as a foundation for leadership and takes courageous steps by exposing our innermost tensions, dilemmas, and feelings about leadership, making them available to others. The power/promise of feminine approaches to transform traditional leadership cultures is also addressed.</P>
<P>The authors believe that anyone can lead, regardless of position, title, years of experience or age. They also believe that each of us has a responsibility to provide some leadership and direction for the shared endeavours of which we are part.</P>
<P>The purpose of the book is to inspire and guide educators and academics in K-16 science education, as well as individuals in other professions, as their leadership skills develop. The leadership activities provided offer guidance and/or concrete ways to delve into issues of leadership.</P>
<P>The book embraces relational ways of knowing as a foundation for leadership and takes courageous steps by exposing our innermost tensions, dilemmas, and feelings about leadership, making them available to others. The power/promise of feminine approaches to transform traditional leadership cultures is also addressed.</P>
<P>The authors believe that anyone can lead, regardless of position, title, years of experience or age. They also believe that each of us has a responsibility to provide some leadership and direction for the shared endeavours of which we are part.</P>
<P>The purpose of the book is to inspire and guide educators and academics in K-16 science education, as well as individuals in other professions, as their leadership skills develop. The leadership activities provided offer guidance and/or concrete ways to delve into issues of leadership.</P>
Opening.- Opening.- Introduction: Seeds Germinating and Growing.- First Seeds: Aloneness Leads to Building Community.- Enculturation into Science Education: Comparing Pathways and Dilemmas.- Germinating and Growing: Dimensions of Leadership Development.- Choosing a Teaching University: A Change in Identity?.- Making Lemonade from Lemons: A Road to Leadership for Women in Science Education.- Women’s Ways of Leading: Navigating Gender Issues in the World of Science.- Transplanting and Growing: Physical-Geographic Relocation and Accompanying Huge Cultural Shifts.- Resolving Issues of Cultural Discontinuity in Co-facilitation of Professional Development Activities.- Developing Leadership through Cultural Understanding in an Urban Science Community of Practice.- Wither Thou Goest: The Trailing Spouse or Commuter Marriage Dilemma.- Flowering and Seed Forming: Leadership Models.- Emerging Leadership Through Experiences in Unfamiliar Academic Waters: Researching Invisible Truths.- Teaching Elementary School Science: The Road Less Traveled.- Laying the Ladder Down: Egalitarian Leadership.- Building Leadership Capacity by Nurturing Community.- I Don’t Want to be a Principal! I Want to be a Teacher Leader!.- New Seeds: Hopes and Visions for the Future.- A Beginning Teacher’s Reflection: I’m a Teacher, but Is Teaching Alone Good Enough for Me?.- Teaching in a Rural Community, Where Roots Grow Strong and Risks are a Daily Occurrence.- Epilogue: Seeds in Want of Your Watering to Germinate, Grow, Flower, Fruit, and Seed.- Closing: The Cycle is Complete, But Can It Begin Again?.
<P>A discourse on women’s leadership within science education has, until now, been largely invisible in book form. This, therefore, is the first book to address women’s leadership within science education.<BR>The book embraces relational ways of knowing as a foundation for leadership and takes courageous steps by exposing our innermost tensions, dilemmas, and feelings about leadership, making them available to others. The power/promise of feminine approaches to transform traditional leadership cultures is also addressed.<BR>The authors believe that anyone can lead, regardless of position, title, years of experience or age. They also believe that each of us has a responsibility to provide some leadership and direction for the shared endeavours of which we are part. <BR>The purpose of the book is to inspire and guide educators and academics in K-16 science education, as well as individuals in other professions, as their leadership skills develop. The leadership activities provided offer guidance and/or concrete ways to delve into issues of leadership.</P>
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Discusses on women’s leadership within science education largely invisible Contains significant stories around the feminine not as gender but as construct, a quality in all of us Discusses the power/promise of feminine approaches to transform traditional leadership cultures Discusses relational ways of knowing as theoretical foundation Says that anyone can lead and each of us should lead