Feminist Educational Thinking
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Jill Blackmore here argues that the particular approaches previously taken by feminist theory towards educational leadership require reviewing in the light of the radical restructuring of educational systems seen in the late-1990s. She asserts that new forms of managerialism, while seemingly sympathetic to so called "female styles of leadership", have produced a value shift which is troubling for many (but not all) women in leadership. The text provides an historical overview of educational management and the "masculinist" models embedded in leadership and organizational processes; an analysis of equal opportunities policies and their different strategic approaches; presents research on how educational restructuring has produced specific dilemmas for women in educational leadership; and finally offers a series of issues and principles which are premised upon centralized and market liberalism.