Management and Efficiency in Education: Goals and Strategies

Management and Efficiency in Education: Goals and Strategies
Written by David Chapman

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ISBN: 971-561-530-9
Pub. Date: 2004
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List of Tables, Figure, List of Boxes, List of Abbreviations, and Foreword [ PDF: 30kb | 10 pages ]

Introduction [ PDF: 12kb | 2 pages ]

Education Management in Asia [ PDF: 50kb | 13 pages ]

The Management of Education

Indicators of Effective Education Management

Central-Level Management: Growth and Elaboration

Ministry of Education Intermediate Levels

Head Teachers

Summary

Issues by Level of Education [ PDF: 14kb | 3 pages ]

Primary Education

Secondary Education

Vocational/Technical Education

Higher Education

Dominant Issues of the Next Decade [ PDF: 68kb | 16 pages ]

A Push for Better School Quality

Increased Pressure for Efficiency

Decentralization

Privatization

Education Management Information Systems

Teacher Unionization

Gender Diversity among Education Administrators

The Search for Effective Teacher Incentives

Why Does Weak Management Capacity Persist?

Professional Development of Education Managers [ PDF: 32kb | 7 pages ]

Climbing a Steep Hierarchy: Career Paths

What Training is Needed?

The Delivery of Administrator Training: What Works?

The Role of International Assistance Agencies 38.ii Management and Efficiency in Education

Promising Directions [ PDF: 24kb | 5 pages ]

Training for School-Level Administrators

Use of Information in Planning

Use of Technology

Conduct of Comprehensive Education Analyses

Participation in National Development

Conclusion [ PDF: 10kb | 2 pages ]

Note on the Author, References, Appendixes, Index [ PDF: 52kb | 12 pages ]

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Series: Education in Developing Asia
Series editor: Mark Bray

Layout and index by Sara Wong.

The findings, interpretation, and conclusions expressed in this study are entirely those of the author and should not be attributed in any manner to the Asian Development Bank or the University of Hong Kong.

A summary of an earlier version of this booklet was presented as an article in Vol.29, No.7 (1998) of the International Journal of Educational Research, published by Pergamon Press. The publishers of this booklet thank Pergamon Press for permission to reproduce some of the materials from the journal article.

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