Creating an Excellent School (Routledge Library Editions: Education Management) - Softcover

Beare, Hedley; Caldwell, Brian J.; Millikan, Ross H.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138545279 ISBN 13: 9781138545274

Publisher: Routledge, 2019

Synopsis

Originally published in 1989. The pursuit of excellence is much discussed with reference to education, but the question remains, ’How can a school become excellent?’ This book demonstrates that excellence depends on good management which, in turn, depends not only on a clear understanding of good management theory, but on the ability to translate theory into practice.

The authors offer profound insights into three crucial areas of leadership: culture, structure, and public accountability. Drawing on areas outside education, such as advertising and business, they discuss many innovations that are already current - flexitime, the vertical curriculum, mastery learning, community support - and depict ways in which these can be brought together into a total educational experience. More strikingly, however, they look ahead, examining the potential changes to our concept of schooling: for instance those brought about by the growth of information technology. This book emphasises that at the heart of outstanding schooling are visionary leadership, a clear sense of purpose, and creatively conceived and flexible support structures.

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About the Author

Hedley Beare, Brian J. Caldwell and Ross H. Millikan

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138545279
• ISBN 13: 9781138545274
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 308