Educational Management in Action
A Collection of Case Studies
Edited by:
November 1994 | 304 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
This book is an introduction to educational management in practice. The 20 case studies have been selected to provide different insights into the challenges facing managers in education today. A key feature of the book is that management can be learned through the planning and execution of small-scale investigations. These develop practitioner skills and insights and, at the same time, provide information for the institution in which the study is set.
This is the companion volume to Improving Educational Management through Research and Consultancy edited by Nigel Bennett, Ron Glatter and Rosalind Levacic. It is one of the two course readers for The Open University Course E828 Educational Management in Action.
Megan Crawford
Introduction
PART ONE: MANAGING THE PUPIL\STUDENT EXPERIENCE
Sue Richards
Curriculum Change in French
Sue Godsmark
Evaluating History at Key Stage One
Graham Atwell
Curriculum Development
Nigel Harrisson
Managing an Aspect of Pastoral Care in a Primary School
Rosalind Levacic
Improving Student Achievement by Using Value-Added Examination Performance Indicators
PART TWO: MANAGING RESOURCES
Michael Murphy
Compulsory Competitive Tendering in the Primary Sector
Sue Mitchell and Phil Wild
A Task Analysis of a Computerized System of Support Administration in Schools
David Owen and Maggie Farrar
The Resource Implications of Developing Flexible Learning
Jenny Shackleton, with Rhiannon Evans and Maureen Hanley
Achievement-Based Resourcing
PART THREE: MANAGING PEOPLE
Keith Norris
The Selection of Academic Staff
Lynne Slocombe
Implementing Redundancy
Trevor Burton
‘The Photocopy Lady’
Derek Glover;
Introducing Appraisal
Ruth Warren
The Role of the Assistant Head Teacher
PART FOUR; MANAGING EXTERNAL RELATIONS
Philip Woods
Finding Out What Parents Think of Your School
Lesley Brooman
School-Industry Liaison
Jeanne Coburn
‘Image Meets Reality’
PART FIVE: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT
Richard Weeks
The Deputy Head and Strategic Planning
Eric Meadows
One School’s Response to Parental Choice
Terry Cowham
Strategic Planning in the Changing External Context