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Decentralisation, School-Based Management, and Quality

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Editors:
  1. Joseph Zajda

    1. Australian Catholic University, Fitzroy, Australia

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  2. David T. Gamage

    1. School of Education, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia

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  • Explores conceptual frameworks and methodological approaches applicable in the research of decentralisation, globalisation, school-based management, and education reforms
  • Examines central discourses surrounding the debate of decentralisation, access and equity in schooling globally
  • Illustrates how the relationship between decentralization, globalisation, democracy and education policy affects current models and trends in schooling globally
  • Demonstrates ideological imperatives of globalisation and its impact on trends in decentralization, democracy and equality
  • Evaluates the ambivalent and problematic relationship between the State, decentralisation, education reforms and outcomes in education globally

Part of the book series: Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research (GCEP, volume 8)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
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  2. Main Trends and Issues in Decentralisation, School-Based Management

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Decentralisation and School-Based Governance: A Comparative Study of Self-Governing School Models

      • David T. Gamage, Joseph Zajda
      Pages 3-22

    3. Globalized Educational Governance, Decentralization and Grassroots Responses

      • Holger Daun
      Pages 23-51

    4. Centralisation and Decentralisation in Education: A New Dimension to Policy

      • Brian J. Caldwell
      Pages 53-66

    5. Unresolved Issues in Globalisation, Decentralisation and Privatisation

      • David Turner
      Pages 67-75

    6. Decentralisation and Market Mechanisms in Education – Examples from Six European Countries

      • Holger Daun, Petroula Siminou
      Pages 77-101

    7. Managing School Change: Continuous Improvement Based on a Shared Vision and a Strategic Plan

      • David T. Gamage
      Pages 103-123

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 231-238
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About this book

This book, which is the eighth volume in the 12-volume book series Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research, presents scholarly research on major discourses in decentralisation, school-based management (SBM) and quality in education globally. This book, which focuses on decentralisation and SBM as a governance strategy in education, presents theoretical aspects of the phenomenon of decentralisation/privatisation and contextualises them within the education research literature. It provides an easily accessible, practical yet scholarly source of information concerning the dynamics of decentralisation and SBM that normally take place when reforms are instituted to decentralize authority and power. Above all, the authors offering the latest findings regarding major discourses in dec- tralisation, SBM and quality in educational systems in the global culture emphasise aspects of that dynamic interactive process (see also Geo-JaJa 2006a; Gamage and Sooksomchitra 2006, Zajda 2009). This dynamic interaction in the process that is implicit in the title of the book is reified by calls for restructuring of schools f- lowing the idea that schools are not promoting human rights, social cohesion and sustainable development. The chapters as a source book of ideas for researchers, practitioners and policy makers in decentralisation and SBM in education contr- ute to the educational literature while enhancing the understanding of the larger dynamics involved in educational reform. It offers a timely overview of current issues affecting decentralisation in education in the global culture.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Australian Catholic University, Fitzroy, Australia

    Joseph Zajda

  • School of Education, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia

    David T. Gamage

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