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标题：Head Teachers, Women and Hesitation to Discuss Gender Issues
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作者：Maria Hedlin
期刊名称：Open Journal of Social Sciences
印刷版ISSN：2327-5952
电子版ISSN：2327-5960
出版年度：2017
卷号：05
期号：06
页码：238-250
DOI：10.4236/jss.2017.56021
语种：English
出版社：Scientific Research Publishing
摘要：The purpose of this paper is to explore how a group of Swedish head teachers approach es the importance of gender issues in terms of their work. The em pirical material is from so-called “ research circles ” , which were part of a gender equality project conducted in southern Sweden. A research circle is similar to a focus group interview. The group, which consists of eight women who were head teachers within compulsory education, met on six occasions. The results show that the women initially expressed strong hesitation about whether discussing gender issues in relation to the role of head teacher was beneficial at all. The entire gender equality project was called into question by the suggestion that the connection between head teacher and gender implied a weakening of women. However, examples of gender playing a role within educational settings were increasingly noted. By highlighting female head teachers ’ ambivalence towards discussing issues related to gender and gender equality, this paper contributes to the discussion about why these issues do not occupy a stronger position within schools. Also, the female head teachers ’ hesitation and ambivalence are connected to the decline in status of the head teacher profession due to the restructuring of education, for which women in educational leadership in Sweden have been blamed.
关键词：Women Educational Administrators;Educational Leadership;Head Teachers;Gender Issues;Gender Equality Policy