Women educators' perspective on educational administration: The case of Edirne

Gender inequality, as it manifests itself in every field, clearly makes its presence felt in the field of educational administration even in developed countries. When we look at the macro level, men predominate in education management, as in management positions in all sectors. legally no Although there is no obstacle, it is seen that the majority of the administrative staff in the Ministry of National Education in Turkey consists of men. Moreover, although the proportion of women in teaching positions is higher than that of men, women are much less represented in managerial positions. We see. Considering the total number of teachers in Edirne, the rate of female teachers is 60% and the rate of male teachers is 40%. Again, in the center of Edirne province, 66 We see that only 16 of the school administrators are women. This shows that women cannot show their proportional majority in the profession in management. This study aims to determine why women, who are more numerous as teachers in the center of Edirne, cannot reach the rate of men in education management. aims. For this, a semi-structured interview was conducted with female teachers and female administrators selected according to age, marital status and the type of school they work in. Face to face meetings will be held using the interview method; Individually, socially, culturally, organizationally and economically, women are far from being educational administrators. The reasons for their stopping will be tried to be understood.