Educational Management

Redefining Theory, Policy and Practice
Tony Bush - University of Nottingham, UK
Les Bell - University of Leicester, UK
Jane Bolam - University of Wales, UK
Ron Glatter - The Open University
Peter M Ribbins - University of Birmingham, UK
Educational Management
September 1999 | 256 pages | Sage UK
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`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.

Contents

Preface

Preface

Introduction

  • Setting the Scene

PART ONE: SCHOOLS AND SELF-MANAGEMENT

  • Modern Headship for the Rationally Managed School
  • Combining Cerebral and Insightful Approaches
  • Decentralization and Deregulation in Europe
  • Towards a Conceptual Framework
  • Continuities and Changes in Primary Headship
  • Primary Schools and the Nature of the Education Market Place

PART TWO: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

  • Understanding Leadership
  • Developing Headteachers
  • Stages of Headship
  • Promoting Continuing Professional Development for Teachers
  • An Achievable Target for School Leaders?
  • Headteachers' Knowledge, Practice and Mode of Cognition

PART THREE: THEORY DEVELOPMENT

  • Combining Cultural and Political Perspectives
  • The Best of Both Conceptual Worlds?
  • Institutional Transformation and Educational Management
  • Gender and Education Management
  • Duel or Dialogue?
  • School Effectiveness and School Improvement
  • Critique of a Movement
  • Can Leadership Enhance School Effectiveness?

PART FOUR: RESEARCH IN EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT

  • Educational Administration, Leadership and Management
  • Towards a Research Agenda
  • Overview of a Group of Research Projects with Relevance to School Management
  • Pedagogy, Educational Management and the TTA Research Agenda
  • Researching and Constructing Histories of the Field of Educational Management

Description

`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.

Contents

Preface

Preface

Introduction

  • Setting the Scene

PART ONE: SCHOOLS AND SELF-MANAGEMENT

  • Modern Headship for the Rationally Managed School
  • Combining Cerebral and Insightful Approaches
  • Decentralization and Deregulation in Europe
  • Towards a Conceptual Framework
  • Continuities and Changes in Primary Headship
  • Primary Schools and the Nature of the Education Market Place

PART TWO: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

  • Understanding Leadership
  • Developing Headteachers
  • Stages of Headship
  • Promoting Continuing Professional Development for Teachers
  • An Achievable Target for School Leaders?
  • Headteachers' Knowledge, Practice and Mode of Cognition

PART THREE: THEORY DEVELOPMENT

  • Combining Cultural and Political Perspectives
  • The Best of Both Conceptual Worlds?
  • Institutional Transformation and Educational Management
  • Gender and Education Management
  • Duel or Dialogue?
  • School Effectiveness and School Improvement
  • Critique of a Movement
  • Can Leadership Enhance School Effectiveness?

PART FOUR: RESEARCH IN EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT

  • Educational Administration, Leadership and Management
  • Towards a Research Agenda
  • Overview of a Group of Research Projects with Relevance to School Management
  • Pedagogy, Educational Management and the TTA Research Agenda
  • Researching and Constructing Histories of the Field of Educational Management
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Redefining Theory, Policy and Practice

Tony Bush , Les Bell , Jane Bolam , Ron Glatter , Peter M Ribbins
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`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.


Table Of Contents:

  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Setting the Scene
  • PART ONE: SCHOOLS AND SELF-MANAGEMENT
  • Modern Headship for the Rationally Managed School
  • Combining Cerebral and Insightful Approaches
  • Decentralization and Deregulation in Europe
  • Towards a Conceptual Framework
  • Continuities and Changes in Primary Headship
  • Primary Schools and the Nature of the Education Market Place
  • PART TWO: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
  • Understanding Leadership
  • Developing Headteachers
  • Stages of Headship
  • Promoting Continuing Professional Development for Teachers
  • An Achievable Target for School Leaders?
  • Headteachers' Knowledge, Practice and Mode of Cognition
  • PART THREE: THEORY DEVELOPMENT
  • Combining Cultural and Political Perspectives
  • The Best of Both Conceptual Worlds?
  • Institutional Transformation and Educational Management
  • Gender and Education Management
  • Duel or Dialogue?
  • School Effectiveness and School Improvement
  • Critique of a Movement
  • Can Leadership Enhance School Effectiveness?
  • PART FOUR: RESEARCH IN EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT
  • Educational Administration, Leadership and Management
  • Towards a Research Agenda
  • Overview of a Group of Research Projects with Relevance to School Management
  • Pedagogy, Educational Management and the TTA Research Agenda
  • Researching and Constructing Histories of the Field of Educational Management

Recent Product Reviews:

Excellent. Informative and well written. An easy read on a complex topic.
Lynette Morris, Internal Quality Assurance, Chiltern Training Group
Whilst the book is very informative, it did not meet the requirements of the programme in enough accuracy.
Mr Graeme Athey, Special Education , Wiltshire College
A good addition for the library to provide introductory background reading for the management option, although published 1999.
Mrs Helen Handyside, Teacher Education, CB Learning and Assessment Ltd
`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

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