| dc.description.abstract | The central theme in this exploratory research project is the educational management development of women in the USA, UK and RSA. The focus is therefore twofold, falling on women in educational management and on educational management training and development for woman. The present positron of women in educational management in the USA, UK and
RSA is determined by an extensive review and assessment of a wide range of factors which contribute both directly and indirectly to the status quo. These factors include the historical and patriarchal stereotyped attitudes concerning women and their education, current gender equity issues in education and career options for women. The historical and present participation of women in the mutually dependent professions of teaching and managing in education in the USA, UK and RSA confirms the fact that a marked degree of gender
imbalance occurs in the profession of educational management, with women
being extremely under-represented, especially in the RSA. Complex intrinsic
and extrinsic factors, underscored by traditional gender stereotyping, are
identified as barriers to the advancement of women in educational management and therefore also as contributing factors to the status quo. The current provision of educational management training and development in the USA, UK and RSA and the implications thereof for women are reviewed
to determine the nature of training programmes which will suffice for the
development needs of women. The management expertise required by
contemporary effective principals, current certification and training policies and the role of gender in the principal ship are researched to determine them nature of the required management training. The provision of both dual-sex and single-sex educational management training and development programmes in the USA, UK and RSA, with special reference to the associated. Implications for women, facilitates an assessment of current trends in educational management training. The conclusions arising from the two focal points of this research constitute the rationale of the design of a comprehensive development programme for women in educational management in the RSA. The proposed South African Women Into Educational Management {SAWIEM) programme is, of necessity, (complex in nature, providing for ancillary and auxiliary sub-programmes to
facilitate more equitable gender attitudes and to make special provision for the
advancement of women into educational management positions. The SAWIEM
programme also provides\for an educational management development sub-programme
for both single-sex and dual-sex training to assist women in the reduction of barriers to their advancement and to equip women with the essential management expertise for management positions in education. Major conclusions arising from this research indicate that educational management
is not currently a priority issue in the RSA, although a growing awareness is evident. Furthermore, there is an extremely low representation of women in educational management and little or no provision is being made for the specific development of women for educational management positions. This situation is occurring despite the fact that the principal ship is a gender free position in which both men and women function effectively, yet differently. It is postulated that the implementation of the SAWIEM programme may be a catalyst for change in the status quo of women in educational management in
the RSA. | |
