Decentralisation, School-Based Management, and Quality

Abstract

Foreword. Preface Joseph Zajda. Acknowledgements. Contributors. Introduction. SECTION 1: MAIN TRENDS AND ISSUES in DECENTRALISATION, SCHOOL-BASED MANAGEMENT. 1. Decentralisation and School-Based Management: A Comparative Study of Self-Governing Schools Models David Gamage & Joseph Zajda. 2. Globalised Educational Governance, Decentralisation and Grassroots Responses Holger Daun. 3. Centralisation and Decentralisation in Education: A New Dimension to Policy Brian J. Caldwell. 4. Unresolved issues in Globalisation, Decentralisation and Privatisation David Turner. 5. Decentralisation and Market Mechanisms in Education - Examples from Six European Countries Holger Daun & Petroula Siminou. 6. Managing School Change: Continuous Improvement Based on a Shared Vision and a Strategic Plan David Gamage. SECTION 2: CASE STUDIES. 7. Decentralisation of Education: Promising Initiative or Problematic Notion? Suzanne Majhanovich. 8. Decentralising Indonesian Education: The Promise and the Price Alpha Amirrachman, Saefudin Syafi'I & Anthony Welch. 9. Decentralisation in Senegal - Ambiguous Agendas for Community Education Andrea Clemons. 10. Decentralisation and Education in Africa: The Case of Uganda Immaculate K. Namukasa & Ronald Buye. 11. State and Parental Roles in the Decentralised Education System in Nicaragua Nuzzly Ruiz de Forsberg. 12. Teachers' Empowerment and Commitment at School-Based and Non-School-Based Sites Haim Gaziel. Index.