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How Female Social Studies Department Chairs Navigate Their Roles As Leaders, Jeffrey C. Eargle
How Female Social Studies Department Chairs Navigate Their Roles As Leaders, Jeffrey C. Eargle
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During the past four decades, state and federal education policy in the United States has focused on standardization and increased accountability. In contrast, education researchers advocate elevating the status of teachers through the professionalization of education. Teacher leadership is a concept that is used to reform schools and increase student achievement. The high school department chair is a formal teacher leadership role in the school hierarchy. Because research indicates that a majority of social studies teachers are male, female social studies department chairs are in a position to lead predominantly men.
A gap exists in the research on social studies …