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Making Sense of the Glass Ceiling in Schools: An Exploration of Women Teachers' Discourses
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Moreau, Marie-Pierre; Osgood, Jayne; Halsall, Anna – Gender and Education, 2007
There is extensive evidence of a "glass ceiling" for women across the labour market. Though schools have widely been described as "feminized" work environments, the under-representation of women at school management level is well established. Based on a study of women teachers' careers and promotion in the English school sector…
Descriptors: Family Work Relationship, Discourse Analysis, Managerial Occupations, Labor Market