Women primary principals : leadership between the flags Kershaw, Noella Julie 2006, Women primary principals : leadership between the flags, in AARE 2006 : Conference papers, abstracts and symposia, Australian Association for Research in Education, Coldstream, Vic., pp. 1-11. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Women primary principals : leadership between the flags Author(s) Kershaw, Noella Julie Conference name Australian Association for Research in Education. Conference (2006 : Adelaide, S.Aust.) Conference location Adelaide, South Australia Conference dates 26 - 30 November 2006 Title of proceedings AARE 2006 : Conference papers, abstracts and symposia Editor(s) Jeffery, Peter L. Publication date 2006 Start page 1 End page 11 Publisher Australian Association for Research in Education Place of publication Coldstream, Vic. Summary The purpose of this paper is to outline my research project and share some of the perspectives that have emerged during the process of analysis and reflexivity. This is a case study of twelve female primary school principals in the independent sector in Victoria. Independent schools are generally referred to as the private sector or non-government schools to distinguish them from the government sector. Also the reference to primary principals’ is generally used to refer to a ‘Junior School Head’ position within a K – 12 School. Many schools often combine the role of the Junior Head’s position and / or the Deputy Principal or Assistant Principal’s position. This paper introduces the work narratives of successful professional women in senior leadership positions in independent schools. The analysis of the narrative process itself and how these women shape and are shaped by their cultural discourses about leadership provides the focus for this study. In particular how the context and discursive strategies they use to tell their stories are instrumental in their construction of professional identity and its relationship to subjectivity. Thus professional work narratives offer insights into subjectivity and identity as the women tell their leadership stories. Initially Clandinin and Connelly’s (1994) ‘narrative inquiry’ approach provided a useful conceptual basis from which to gather the written responses to a questionnaire collected during 2004, interviews (taperecorded and transcribed) and my reflexive journal maintained during and after the interview process. ISSN 1324-9339 1324-9320 1034-0130 Language eng Field of Research 139999 Education not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970113 Expanding Knowledge in Education HERDC Research category E2 Full written paper - non-refereed / Abstract reviewed HERDC collection year 2007 Copyright notice ©2006, AARE Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30014872 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Education Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 21 Oct 2008, 14:28:09 EST Fri, 14 Aug 2009, 09:56:46 EST Thu, 22 Apr 2010, 14:45:49 EST Fri, 28 May 2010, 12:49:50 EST Mon, 05 Jul 2010, 12:00:53 EST Tue, 01 Jul 2014, 15:42:53 EST Wed, 02 Jul 2014, 14:50:22 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 460 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 21 Oct 2008, 14:28:09 EST