Tony Bush / Les A Bell / Ray Bolam / Ron Glatter / Peter M Ribbins (eds.)

Broschiertes Buch

Educational Management

Redefining Theory, Policy and Practice

Herausgeber: Bush, Tony; Bolam, Jane; Bell, Les

Beschreibung

`Researchers interested in various aspects of college leadership and management will find this book a convenient and scholarly introduction to related research in the school sector' - Further Education Development Agency, College Research Journal `Educational management has become an important academic subject. The contributors to this volume have gauaranteed its survival as such by undertaking this review in order that they and others working in the field may take account of a range of agendas and initiatives. The outcome must be a fresh stance and a new sense of direction to enable a study of educational managment to meet the needs of teachers and their schools in the new millennium' - Educational Research Educational Management brings together important original contributions from leading thinkers in the field. Edited by some of the key figures in educational management today, chapters examine the following key areas: Has self-management achieved the success predicted for it?; What should be the nature of professional development for educational leaders?; to what extent can education benefit by drawing from practice in business and industry?; can theory inform management practice in education?; how can research contribute to educational improvement?; how can leaders help improve classroom practice? Educational Management is one of the major outcomes of the ESRC ( Economic and Social Research Council) seminar series which aimed to redefine educational management in the light of the many developments in policy, practice, theory and research since the subject became established in the 1970s.

Autor

CONTRIBUTOR′S AFFILIATIONS OUTSIDE NORTH AMERICA: Nigel Bennett The Open University Philippa Cordingley Teacher Training Agency, UK Megan Crawford The Open University Michael Eraut University of Sussex Derek Glover University of Keele Helen Gunter Keele University Valerie Hall University of Bristol Ronald Heck University of Hawaii at Manoa Chris James University of Glamorgan Business School Peter Karstanje University of Amsterdam Rosalind Levacic The Open University Anges McMahon University of Bristol Janet Ouston University of London Institute of Education Geoffrey Southworth University of Reading Disk Weindling CREATE Consultants, UK Mike Wallace University of Wales, Cardiff

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications UK
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 395g
• ISBN-13: 9780761965558
• ISBN-10: 0761965556
• Artikelnr.: 22327129

Rezensionen

`It is rich in coverage and in depth. The language is comprehensible to educators, managers and researchers.... Overall, it is a good piece, a preferred addition for libraries. The editors deserve full acknowledgement for the effort put in to give shape to the volume' - Journal of Educational Planning and Administration `Educational management has become an important academic subject. The contributors to this volume have gauaranteed its survival as such by undertaking this review in order that they and others working in the field may take account of a range of agendas and initiatives. The outcome must be a fresh stance and a new sense of direction to enable a study of educational managment to meet the needs of teachers and their schools in the new millennium' - Educational Research `Researchers interested in various aspects of college leadership and management will find this book a convenient and scholarly introduction to related to research in the school sector' - Further Education Development Agency, College Research Journal