A Case Study of Adolescent Female Leadership: Exploring the "Light" of Change

The topic of this article is the possible changing trends involving adolescent female leadership. This qualitative case study focuses on ideas and practices related to leadership roles assumed by female youth and their male counterparts. The researchers investigate this topic in a secondary school i...

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Published in:Journal of educational thought 2004-12, Vol.38 (3), p.291-320
Main Authors: MULLEN, CAROL A., TUTEN, ELIZABETH M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescents
Behavior Change
Career Education
Case studies
Educational administration
Educational Change
Educational Discrimination
Educational leadership
Elementary Secondary Education
Federal Aid
Federal Legislation
Feedback
Females
Gender Bias
Gender Differences
Gender Discrimination
Gender equity
Gender roles
High school students
High schools
Leaders
Leadership Role
Leadership Styles
Leadership Training
Males
Metaphor
Opportunities
Organizational Change
Philanthropic Foundations
Public Schools
Secondary Education
Secondary schools
Sex Fairness
Sports
Stereotypes
Student leadership
Teachers
Teenagers
Topics
Women
Womens studies
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Summary:The topic of this article is the possible changing trends involving adolescent female leadership. This qualitative case study focuses on ideas and practices related to leadership roles assumed by female youth and their male counterparts. The researchers investigate this topic in a secondary school in the United States, explain their methodological approaches, review the literature on gender and leadership, explore various solutions to gender inequity, and consider broader implications. Although the authors expected that male students would have higher leadership involvement, it was found that the sexes were similarly committed. In fact, recent female-dominated patterns of leadership in the realms of governance and sports became evident. Analysis of the feedback suggests that unprecedented change in favor of gender equality might be gradually occurring even while sex-based stereotyping continues. However, contradictions and ambiguities play a significant role in the analysis, suggesting that paradoxes of change continue despite progress. A metaphor of light and dark is used herein to capture this issue of gender equity and inequity, respectively. Cet article traite des tendances au changement possible chez une adolescente dirigeante. L'étude de ce cas qualitatif porte sur des idées et des pratiques apparentées aux rôles de meneur que les jeunes filles et les jeunes garçons assument. C'est dans une école secondaire aux Etats-Unis que les chercheurs mènent cette enquête. Ils expliquent leurs démarches méthodologiques, font un tour d'horizon dans la littérature sur le genre des dirigeants, analysent différentes explications sur l'inégalité des sexes et envisagent de plus larges horizons. Bien que les auteurs s'attendaient à ce que les étudiants s'impliquent plus largement en tant que dirigeants, il s'est révélé que les deux sexes se sont engagés de la même façon. En fait, le type récent de la femme dominée hiérarchiquement dans les domaines du gouvernement et du sport, est devenu évident. Une analyse rétroactive suggère qu'un
ISSN:0022-0701
2561-7990