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Decentralisation, School-Based Management, and Quality

:	Joseph Zajda, David T. Gamage
:	Joseph Zajda, David T. Gamage
:	Decentralisation, School-Based Management, and Quality
:	Springer-Verlag
:	9789048127030
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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/privatisatio 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.

	Preface	7
	Acknowledgements	10
	Contents	11
	Decentralisation and School-Based Management and Quality	13
	Main Trends and Issues in Decentralisation, School-Based Management	24
	Decentralisation and School-Based Governance: A Comparative Study of Self-Governing School Models	25
	1.1 School-Based Management (SBM) and Improving School Effectiveness	25
	1.2 SBM Models Developed in the USA	26
	1.2.1 Chicago Model	27
	1.2.2 Los Angeles Model	27
	1.3 The British SBM Model	28
	1.4 Pioneering Efforts SBM Models in Australia	30
	1.5 New Zealand Model	34
	1.6 Spanish Model of SBM	35
	1.7 School Management Initiative (SMI) in Hong Kong	37
	1.8 Czech Republic s Model of SBM and OECD Communiqué	38
	1.9 South African Model of SBM	38
	1.10 SBM in Thailand	39
	1.11 Participatory Management	40
	1.12 An Evaluation	41
	1.13 Conclusion	42
	References	42
	Globalized Educational Governance, Decentralization and Grassroots Responses	45
	2.1 Introduction	45
	2.2 The National State, Society and Globalization	45
	2.2.1 General Features	45
	2.2.2 The Economic World Systems Approach	46
	2.2.3 The Institutionalist WS Approach	47
	2.2.4 Globalization	48
	2.2.5 Education	49
	2.3 The New Mode of Governance	49
	2.4 Decentralization	51
	2.4.1 Aspects of (De)centralization	51
	2.4.2 Arrangements for Local Participation	52
	2.4.3 State Governance and Decentralization	53
	2.5 Outcomes	53
	2.5.1 General Features	53
	2.5.2 Focus on Participation	54
	2.6 World System, Globalization, and Educational Governance in the Case Countries The Outcomes	58
	2.7 Comparing Outcomes	59
	2.7.1 Types and Levels	59
	2.8 Evaluation	62
	2.9 Conclusion	63
	2.10 Appendix	63
	References	67
	Centralisation and Decentralisation in Education: A New Dimension to Policy	74
	3.1 Introduction	74
	3.2 International Developments	74
	3.3 School-Based Management Practices	76
	3.3.1 Definition of School-Based Management	76
	3.3.2 Scope and Scale	76
	3.3.3 Theory of Centralisation and Decentralisation	77
	3.3.4 Driving Forces for School-Based Management	77
	3.3.5 Impact on Learning	78
	3.3.6 Impact at the Centre	79
	3.3.7 Models for Resource Allocation	79
	3.3.8 Capacity Building	80
	3.3.9 Refocusing the Concept	81
	3.4 A New Dimension in Centralisation and Decentralisation	81
	3.5 Policy Implications	85
	3.6 Conclusion	85
	References	86
	Unresolved Issues in Globalisation, Decentralisation and Privatisation	88
	4.1 Introduction	88
	4.2 All or Nothing	90
	4.3 A Calculus of Social Action in Theorising Decentralisation	92
	4.4 An Educational Solution to Decentralised Understandings	94
	4.5 Evaluation	95
	4.6 Conclusion	96
	References	96
	Decentralisation and Market Mechanisms in Education - Examples from Six European Countries	97
	5.1 Introduction	97
	5.2 Background	97
	5.3 Sweden: Radical and Rapid Restructuring	98
	5.3.1 Decentralisation	99
	5.3.2 Private Schools	102
	5.3.3 Choice	102
	5.3.4 Evaluation, Assessment, Inspection	103
	5.4 England1: Decentralisation and Centralization	103
	5.4.1 Centralization Decentralisation	104
	5.4.2 Private Schools	105
	5.4.3 Choice	105
	5.4.4 Evaluation, Assessment, Inspection	106
	5.5 France: Decentralisation Without Market Forces	106
	5.5.1 Decentralisation	106
	5.5.2 Private Schools	107
	5.5.3 Choice	108
	5.5.4 Evaluation, Assessment, Inspection	108
	5.6 Germany: From One Decentralized Level to Another	109
	5.6.1 Decentralisation	110
	5.6.2 Private Schools	110
	5.6.3 Evaluation, Assessment, Inspection	111
	5.7 Czech Republic: Restora