The Governance of Schooling: Comparative Studies of Devolved Management - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415195373 ISBN 13: 9780415195379

Publisher: Routledge, 2000

Synopsis

Recent reforms in the governance of schooling have affected roles, relationships and decision-making within schools and between them and the wider community. Using empirical and theoretical approaches this book describes, analyses and compares the effects of devolved management on secondary schools in a number of countries. It casts a critical light upon policy assumptions and aims, challenging assumptions about the way policy works in practice.
Through a comparative international perspective, which looks at countries including the UK and the US, the conflicting options for school governance are addressed. These include:
*parental participation and school management policy
*professional, managerial and market principles in education
*school-based decision-making and the implications of overarching government policies
*devolution and centralisation.
This is a timely study for practitioners in education, policy-makers in local and central government, academics and students of education policy and management.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0415195373
• ISBN 13: 9780415195379
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 236
• Editor: Arnott Margaret A., Raab Charles D.