Suchergebnisse

Introduction -- Section 1: Honour though collegiality -- Supervision as truth procedure -- Honour through collegiality: the intellectual legacy of Helen's collaborations with students -- Wishful science and problems of perception: genetics in the service of entrenched privilege -- Section 2: Honour through continuation of tradition -- Continuing a troubling tradition: On Gunter and critical educational leadership -- Developing critical approaches to educational leadership -- Critical engagement and commitment to the field of educational leadership -- Helen Gunter and public education: Leading, teaching, and learning in and for an ethos of public service -- Intellectual histories, power and activism. Understanding and modeling plurality within educational life in the works of Helen M. Gunter -- Section 3: Honour through intellectual legacy -- From 'Jurassic Management' to a flourishing revival of critical studies of educational leadership: some reflections on the contribution of Helen Gunter and some encounters with her along the way -- Reimagining publics: Perspectives on the relational constitution of publics and the politics of reform -- Applying the framework of intellectual histories to explore leadership and leadership preparation in the Norwegian education context -- Atlantic Crossing: an intellectual biography of Caroline Benn -- Getting a word in edge-wise: Adventures in ELMA publishing.

"The chapters in this edited collection train the intellectual spotlight on women educators to trace the contours of their professional lives and the extent to which they challenged the gendered terrain they occupied. The emphasis is on women's historical public voices and their own interpretation of their 'selves' and 'lives' in their struggle to exercise authority in education at a particular historical moment and in a particular culture. Framing each of the women educators as agents of their own lives emphasizes their individual consciousness and ability to act within their own professional sphere. Thus, women need to be viewed in terms of the historical context in which they lived and the social positions they occupied"--