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ItemNo Preview AvailableTo lead or not to lead? Gender disparity in the leadership of boys’ schoolsAcquaro, D ; Stokes, H (Gender & Education Association, 2015)This paper provides an analysis of gender disparity within Australian boys’ schools revealing a disproportionate number of men and the under-representation of women in senior school leadership roles. With women accounting for the vast majority of teachers worldwide and significant increases in women entering the teaching profession over the last two decades, they continue to be underrepresented in senior management roles in secondary schools (Yong-Lyun and Brunner, 2009). The pursuit of leadership in boys’ schools is more complex for women, with senior roles often beyond their reach. This marginalisation has left capable, enthusiastic female educators disenchanted, frustrated and resentful of a profession that sees them managing ‘soft’ roles, and making space for male counterparts who take up the top jobs. This paper draws on findings from semi-structured interviews with thirty-six female teachers across six boys’ schools. Drawing on feminist perspectives of leadership (Sinclair, 2014; Blackmore, 1999), this paper analyses teachers’ perceptions of factors that block them and lead to male domination within school leadership. Results show that career advancement in boys’ schools is not self-determined with sex discrimination and a lack of support or mentoring, diminishing female teacher’s aspirations for the top jobs. This research provides an important insight into the continuing yet under-researched operations of patriarchy within the feminized field of teaching. It challenges sex-role stereotyping and a deficit perspective of women in presenting boys with a fairer representation of gender within boys’ schools.
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ItemNo Preview AvailableLeading Female Teachers in Boys’ Schools.Acquaro, D (ACEL, 2008)
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ItemNo Preview AvailableAre You Our Teacher Miss? Female Teachers on Teaching in Boys’ SchoolsAcquaro, D (AARE, 2010)
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ItemNo Preview AvailableThe opportunities and challenges of a shared discourse,Acquaro, D (AARE, 2012)
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ItemNo Preview AvailableTowards cultural reform; exploring a shared discourse in pre-service teacher education.Acquaro, D ; McLean Davies, L ; Reid, C ; Tyler, D (ECER, 2013)
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ItemNo Preview AvailableTeaching Academies of Professional Practice.Acquaro, D ; Anderson, M ; Smyth, K (AARE, 2016)
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ItemNo Preview AvailableFemale Teacher Identities and Leadership Aspirations in Neoliberal TimesAcquaro, D ; Stokes, H (ICSEI, 2018)
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ItemNo Preview AvailableExploring urban university pre-service teacher motivations and barriers to teaching in rural schoolsCuervo, H ; Acquaro, D (American Educational Research Association, 2017)
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ItemNo Preview AvailableCreating Flexible TeachersAcquaro, D ; DUGGAN, S (American Educational Research Association, 2017)