FEMALE LEADERSHIP IN EDUCATION: THE EXPERIENCE OF FEMALE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS FROM TWO SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN PALEMBANG

PRATAMA, ANDIKA PUTRA and Vianty, Machdalena and Amrullah, Amrullah (2024) FEMALE LEADERSHIP IN EDUCATION: THE EXPERIENCE OF FEMALE SCHOOL PRINCIPALS FROM TWO SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN PALEMBANG. Masters thesis, Sriwijaya University.

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Abstract

In the Indonesian school contexts, the female elementary and secondary school teachers outnumber their male counterparts, However, it is a different story when it comes to school leadership. Therefore, investigating school leadership from the point of view of female school principals is worth doing and this was the aim of this present study, Involving two female secondary school principals as the participants of study, this present stody investigated the challenges the participants encountered on their path to their school leadership position. It also explored to what extent the participants experienced the challenges after assuming their role as school principals and what strategies and recommendation the participants had to overcome the challenges. The data were obtained through in-depth interviews and were analyzed by using themutie analysis. The results of this study showed that the challenges the participants eneountered on their path to their leadership position were subtle discrimination in the form of negative perception before carrying out the role as principal, balancing personal and professional responsibilities, and integrating technology in teaching and leaming process. Next, after they were at the position as the school principals, the challenges included family expectations and resistance from the stail especially from the senior teacher. To respond to the challenges, the participants did the persuasive action such as provide real action directly and provide supporting facilities to support the teacher performance. They also provided the recommendationto overcome the challenges as follows: as for help from young teachers to help guide the serior teacher in the application of technology, accept the changes, develop self competence, and bring a good communication to build up the sense of trust. The findings of this present study contributes to the feld of female leadership in education by providing information about what the lndoresian female school principals have been through on their path to leadershiposition and as a school leader. Keywords: indonesian female school principals, school peincipualship, leadership challenges

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Indonesian female school principals, school peincipualship, leadership challenges
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General) > L7-991 Education (General)
Divisions:	06-Faculty of Education and Educational Science > 88111-Linguistics Education (S2)
Depositing User:	Andika Putra Pratama
Date Deposited:	27 Aug 2024 08:00
Last Modified:	27 Aug 2024 08:00
URI:	http://repository.unsri.ac.id/id/eprint/156272

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