Gender, Management and Leadership in Initial Teacher Education

Barbara Thompson is Principal Lecturer in the Institute of Education at the University of Chichester, UK. She was Programme Leader for Chichester’s PGCE (Postgraduate Certificate in Education) Primary Programme and later the MA (Education) Programme. Barbara publishes in the field of gender and has a PhD in Gender, Management and Leadership in Initial Teacher Education.

• Chapter 1. Setting the Scene.- Chapter 2. Women, Management and Leadership.- Chapter 3. Women, Educational Management and Leadership.- Chapter 4. The Particular Story of the Management of Teacher Education.- Chapter 5. Neo Liberalism, New Managerialism, Policies and Practices.- Chapter 6. Researching Women Managers and Leaders.- Chapter 7. Women, Returning to Manage Initial Teacher Education.- Chapter 8. Extraordinary Women, Senior Managers and Leaders.- Chapter 9. Managing to Survive in Risky Times?.- Chapter 10. Looking to the Future: The Struggle for Teacher Education.