Women in Education

The role of women in education and in life in general is so versatile that say about it in “two words” is impossible. A woman can be the inspiration, an assistant and a wise counselor who can direct in time, with a smile she can help to overcome some issues between relations within the group. Men are not strong in this, so it is good that a lot of women in education. Everything would be a lot tougher if education as in the XIX century was dominated by men.

In general, I think there is no big difference between women leadership in different countries. For example, as was described in Grogan et.al (2011) that many women leaders used their mothering skills like nurturing, organizing, motivating and listening and these skills are beneficial for leadership (p.85). The mothering skills most associated with female leadership is attention to relationships, encouragement, protection and support “we often hear how women connect their work in schools to their work at home, how they care for and protect their own children compared to the ways they have chosen to lead” (Grogan, 2011). I found this as one of the connections to the Kazakhstani context of women leadership. In our country most women teachers and leaders care about everything they have, either at home or at work. The most important that women can listen not only issues about work but about personal issues as well and they find time to give an advice.

Another connection to our context that I found in Grogan’s article is that men work more often to meet their own needs, such as success, achievement, money and winning. While women are “more likely to put the needs of the organization, or children, or learning ahead of their personal goals” (Grogan, 2011). This statement shows that women leadership is effective in many ways and it is not different from our context. Certainly, women also want those things as men want but in Kazakhstan most women are married and it is normal that husband earns money and looks for promotion. Thus, there is an opportunity for women to devote themselves to work for success and prosperity of the institution.

In conclusion, women leadership skills and approaches which described in Grogan’s article are connected to Kazakhstani context in many ways. In particular, having mothering skills, care about their work, sacrifice to improve or change something these all abilities exist in the leadership approaches among women in Kazakhstan. In my opinion, women around the world show and prove their effective ability to lead. Moreover, women are less likely competing between themselves but controversially they try to unite people and make this world more kind.

Reference

Grogan, M., Shakeshaft, C. (2011). Women and educational leadership (Vol. 5). John Wiley&Sons.