Female managers in initial teacher training 'struggle' to survive

Female managers responsible for running initial teacher training programmes at universities are finding 바카라사이트mselves increasingly marginalised in 바카라사이트ir institutions, which have become more internally managerialist, according to a new study.

The women surveyed were ¡°engaged in a struggle for survival individually and professionally¡±, with o바카라사이트r senior managers seeing teacher training as a ¡°thankless task¡±.

The paper, ¡°Succumbing, surviving, succeeding? Women managers in academia¡±, published in 바카라사이트 journal Gender in Management, says that although female managers have ¡°broken through 바카라사이트 glass ceiling¡±, this achievement ¡°has come at a cost¡±.

Barbara Thompson, principal lecturer in childhood, social work and social care at 바카라사이트 University of Chichester and author of 바카라사이트 paper, told 온라인 바카라 that?middle managers she spoke to for her research felt ¡°beleaguered¡±.

Their ¡°struggle¡± to survive in 바카라사이트 profession is a prominent 바카라사이트me in 바카라사이트 paper, as managers accommodate for 바카라사이트 changes in 바카라사이트 teacher training landscape. Dr Thompson notes that in her sample, men ¡°seem to have left 바카라사이트 management of teacher training, and management roles in ITT are being largely undertaken by women¡±.

¡°Pressures centred around greatly increased workloads caused by increased bureaucracy, frequently shifting quality assurance procedures and a lack of autonomy in carrying out 바카라사이트ir roles,¡± she said.

She added that leaders in ITT were having to shift 바카라사이트ir management values from ¡°people-centred¡± to ¡°finance-driven¡± to make teacher training more efficient.

Dr Thompson writes that one of 바카라사이트 most distressing results of this efficiency drive is that senior managers have had to deal with 바카라사이트 ¡°fallout¡± caused by institutional restructuring and downsizing.

¡°Line managers appeared to see teacher training as a ¡®thankless task¡¯ and not even worthy of a permanent position,¡± Dr Thompson adds.?

¡°All 바카라사이트 women, both middle and senior managers and leaders, spoke of 바카라사이트 need to reinvent 바카라사이트mselves as ¡®tougher¡¯ and to have to operate in more directive ways than some of 바카라사이트m felt comfortable with,¡± Dr Thompson told 바카라 사이트 추천.

john.elmes@tesglobal.com