Laying the Groundwork for a Reconception of the Superintendency from Feminist Postmodern Perspectives.

Grogan, Margaret

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Publication Date: 2000

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Laying the Groundwork for a Reconception of the Superintendency from Feminist Postmodern Perspectives.

Grogan, Margaret

Educational Administration Quarterly, v36 n1 p117-42 Feb 2000

Reviews 50 years of superintendency literature. Offers a possible reconciliation of the superintendency by juxtaposing the traditional with ideas from feminist and postmodern literature. Recognizing postmodern paradoxes allows questioning of the traditional superintendency and leads to more caring, socially committed leadership strategies. (Contains 138 references.) (MLH)

Descriptors: Board Administrator Relationship, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethics, Feminism, Leadership, Postmodernism, Power Structure, Resistance (Psychology), Superintendents, Theory Practice Relationship

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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