The Voices of the Women in Universities
This chapter presents the voices of the fourteen senior university women who were interviewed. It intends to represent what these women had to say about several issues. The first issue is the sorts of things that have been important to them and have motiv
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HIGHER EDUCATION HORIZONS Volume 2
Series Editor Joy Higgs The Education For Practice Institute Charles Sturt University, Australia Advisory Editorial Board Franziska Trede The Education For Practice Institute Charles Sturt University, Australia Janice Orrell Flinders University, Australia Adjunct Professor, The Education For Practice Institute Charles Sturt University, Australia Narelle Patton The Education For Practice Institute Charles Sturt University, Australia Other books in this series: 1.
Orrell, J., & Curtis, D. D. (Eds.). (2016). Publishing higher degree research: Making the transition from student to researcher. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
Women of Influence in Education Practising Dilemmas and Contesting Spaces
Edited by Nita Cherry Faculty of Business and Law, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia and Joy Higgs The Education For Practice Institute, Charles Sturt University, Australia
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Series introduction: Higher Education Horizons............................................... vii Joy Higgs Preface ................................................................................................................... ix Nita Cherry and Joy Higgs Section 1: The conversation space 1. Starting the conversation: The scope of this book and research approach ....... 3 Nita Cherry and Joy Higgs 2. The voices of the women in universities ........................................................ 13 Nita Cherry 3. Women principals: Voices in non-government schools ................................. 29 Deborah Towns Section 2: Conversation highlights 4. Dimensions of leadership ............................................................................... 47 Joy Higgs 5. Creating frames .............................................................................................. 61 Nita Cherry 6. All the hats I wear .......................................................................................... 73 Joy Higgs 7. Taking up authority ........................................................................................ 91 Nita Cherry 8. Leadership engagement in real time ..........................
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