03183nam 22006254a 450 991045072480332120200520144314.00-203-42633-91-280-02428-3(CKB)1000000000253541(EBL)181861(OCoLC)54662895(SSID)ssj0000308956(PQKBManifestationID)11254112(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000308956(PQKBWorkID)10276858(PQKB)11575474(MiAaPQ)EBC181861(Au-PeEL)EBL181861(CaPaEBR)ebr10097502(CaONFJC)MIL2428(EXLCZ)99100000000025354120030314d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSchool management in transition[electronic resource] schooling on the edge /Dale E. ShuttleworthLondon ;New York RoutledgeFalmer20031 online resource (177 p.)Student outcomes and the reform of educationDescription based upon print version of record.0-203-44488-4 0-415-28246-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-162) and index.Cover; School Management in Transition; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Crisis in the classroom; 2 Leadership in transition; 3 Loosening the ties; 4 Test-score Olympics; 5 Top-down reform; 6 Outsourcing the service; 7 Bottom-up renewal; 8 Community education partnerships; 9 Micropolitics of governance; 10 Zero tolerance; 11 Digital divide; 12 Learning to manage knowledge; 13 Tracking innovation; 14 Management for a learning society; 15 Leaders for the twenty-first century; Appendix: National profiles; Bibliography; IndexSchool Management in Transition examines the impact of the neo-conservative political agendas which still hold sway in education. It describes the transition that has occurred in the school leader's role from teacher-administrator to quality control supervisor and how some schools have developed strategies to deal with the resulting issues.Based on a study carried out by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the book analyzes issues such as decentralization, testing, external assessment and privatization in the education systems of nine of the world's mStudent outcomes and the reform of education.School management and organizationPolitical aspectsCross-cultural studiesEducation and stateCross-cultural studiesConservatismCross-cultural studiesElectronic books.School management and organizationPolitical aspectsEducation and stateConservatism371.2Shuttleworth Dale E(Dale Edwin),1938-919282MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450724803321School management in transition2147198UNINA