This annotated bibliography from EDUC 655- Collaboration, Communication and Community: Leaders as Community Builders, instructed by Dr. Joanie Crandall, diverges slightly from the male-centric focus of many of the other research works included in this portfolio. Rather than focusing solely on the absence of male educators in primary teaching roles, it takes a more generalized look at professional leaders, and leadership candidates regardless of gender in non-traditional roles.
By sourcing literature from a wide variety of researchers from different geographical, socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds, this paper provides a strong basis for viewing gender stereotypes in a number of professional, leadership contexts. In my research, I draw from both education and non-education fields, and highlight the disparities with traditionally pre-determined leadership roles, and the changing face of management and administration.
This growing reversal of traditional management structures, often with middle-aged Western-European males at the top, and all other demographics designated as subordinates, is a relatable and important concept for me, as I have found myself transitioning further into non-traditional teaching roles the longer my career has gone on. This, paired with the realization that I am part of a very small minority of men enrolled in special education programs, has made the work surrounding non-traditional gender norms all the more important and relevant to my research and practice.
