Gender differences in instructional leadership: how male and female principals perform their instructional leadership role |
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| Authors: | Haim Shaked Jeffrey Glanz Zehavit Gross |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Education, Hemdat Hadarom College of Education, Netivot, Israel;2. Graduate Program in Management and Organization of Education Systems, Jerusalem College of Education, Jerusalem, Israel;3. School of Education, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel |
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| Abstract: | The current qualitative study sought to examine how male and female principals enact their instructional leadership. Data were collected through 59 semi-structured interviews with 36 female principals and 23 male principals from Israel, and analysed in a four-stage process – condensing, coding, categorising, and theorising. Findings presented two main differences between male and female principals’ instructional leadership: (a) the source of authority nurturing their instructional leadership; and (b) the integration of instructional leadership with principal-teacher relationships. Gender theories were employed to explain these findings and further research possibilities in this realm are discussed. |
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| Keywords: | Gender differences instructional leadership principals leadership |
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