Educational leadership and change : an international perspective

Includes bibliographical referencesPapers from the Seventh Regional CCEA Conference organized by the Hong Kong Council for Educational Administration in August 1992This book arises from the regional conference of the Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration held in Hong Kong in 1992. Efforts have been made to select papers which fulfil the following objectives: Illuminate the emerging issues in educational administration . Generate discussion and comments on these issues . Reflect how different parts of the world are responding to these issues . Guide possible administrative actions based on well informed discussion. The papers selected cover the shifting role of school leaders and their preparation; the latest trend in management of devolving administrative responsibilities to schools; and the cultural dimension of educational administration. Drawing on experiences from different parts of the world, this volume explores the above issues and reflects the differences in practicepublished_or_final_version19 The professional training and development of educational managers in the Republic of South Africa / Calitz, Louis P. p255Foreword / Thody, Angela pixPreface / Mulford, Bill pxiContributors pxiiiIntroduction / Wong, Kam-cheung p1Sect.A.Setting the sceneSect.B.Devolving responsibility to schoolsSect.C.Preparing school leaders1 The evolution of change and the new work of the educational leader / Fullan, Michael G. p152 School-based management: will it fly? / Sackney, Larry E. p293 The self-managing school: a matter of being and of becoming / Beavis, Allan K. p434 Thinking about school restructuring: a case and some observations from research in progress / Elmore, Richard p595 Management of educational innovations: the 'Six-A' process model / Fung, Alex p696 The neglected dimension: cultural comparison in educational administration / Cheng, Kai-ming p877 School-community relations: the principal's role / Sharma, Akhila Nand p1058 Roles and functioning of boards of governors of provincial high schools in Papua New Guinea / Maha, Api C. p1159 Challenge of the future to school-based management - the Indian context / Sapra, C.L. p13110 School management initiative in Hong Kong - the devolution of power to schools, real or rhetoric? / Wong, Kam-cheung p14111 Parental choice and school decision making: operating in a market-like environment / Glatter, Ron p15512 Educative school executive teams and the productivity of schools: an applied research project proposal / Macpherson, R.J.S. p17313 Three possibilities for progress in educational administration: reform, techno-science rationality, research / Cusack, Brian O. p18714 The teaching professional in an uncertain world / Hoyle, Eric p20115 Professional leadership and quality education / Fry, Neville H. p21316 A professional council for teachers / Bone, Tom p22517 School principals - entrepreneurial professionals / Jenkins, Hugh O. p23318 Training of educational administrators in China / Jiang, Ming p24720 Some theoretical and practical implications of an assessment and development centre for headteachers / Lyons, Geoffrey p26