{"product_id":"advancing-education-9781138545489","title":"Advancing Education","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1991. Compiled by prominent figures in the educational administration field across the Commonwealth for the twentieth anniversary of the foundation of the Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration (CCEA) this imaginative and forward-looking book is for practitioners and academics world-wide. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book illuminates significant issues in educational administration; sensitizes readers to the rapidity and inevitability of change in the field; guides well-informed administrative action; provides a comprehensive overview of emergent developments in the study and practice of educational administration; and demonstrates the leadership of the CCEA as a professional association. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving regard to differences of national context, universal issues of policy and practice are explored and two key leadership roles are described and analysed, namely, that of school principal \/ head teacher, and that of school superintendent \/ education officer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface \u003ci\u003eWilliam Walker, Robin Farquhar and Meredydd Hughes\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 1: Introduction \u003c\/b\u003e1. The Changing Commonwealth \u003ci\u003eWilliam Walker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart 2: Some Issues of Practice \u003c\/b\u003eIntroduction 2. Centralization and Decentralization in Curriculum and Evaluation: Looking Both Ways at Once \u003ci\u003eHedley Beare and Andrew Sturman \u003c\/i\u003e3. Accountability and Autonomy: Dual Strands for the Administrator \u003ci\u003eWayne L. Edwards\u003c\/i\u003e 4. Effective Schools: An International Perspective \u003ci\u003eLarry Sackney\u003c\/i\u003e 5. The Professionalization of Teachers \u003ci\u003eKevin A. Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e 6. Equity and Cultural Diversity \u003ci\u003eM. Kazim Bacchus. \u003c\/i\u003eComment \u003cb\u003ePart 3: Key Administrative Roles \u003c\/b\u003eIntroduction. Part A: The School Principal\/Headteacher 7. The School Principal in Australia \u003ci\u003eJudith D. Chapman\u003c\/i\u003e 8. Headteachers in England and Wales \u003ci\u003eRay Bolam\u003c\/i\u003e 9. The School Principal in India \u003ci\u003eChaman L. Sapra\u003c\/i\u003e 10. The School Headteacher in Kenya \u003ci\u003eJotham O. Olembo and Samuel S. Maneno\u003c\/i\u003e 11. The School Principal in Nigeria \u003ci\u003eNicholas A. Nwagwu\u003c\/i\u003e Part B: The School Superintendent\/Education Officer 12. The School Superintendent in Canada \u003ci\u003eRobin H. Farquhar\u003c\/i\u003e 13. The State Director of Education in Malaysia \u003ci\u003eTunku Ismail Jewa\u003c\/i\u003e 14. The Education Officer in New Zealand \u003ci\u003eKenneth A. Rae\u003c\/i\u003e 15. School Supervision in the West Indies: Focus on Trinidad and Tobago \u003ci\u003eClaudia Harvey and Gwendoline Williams \u003c\/i\u003eComment \u003cb\u003ePart 4: Resources for Educational Advance \u003c\/b\u003eIntroduction 16. The Selection, Preparation and Professional Development of Educational Administrators \u003ci\u003eColin Moyle and Bernadette Taylor \u003c\/i\u003e17. Theory and Research as Catalysts for Change \u003ci\u003eMeredydd Hughes and Tony Bush\u003c\/i\u003e 18. CCEA and the Commonwealth: Living Organizations for Development \u003ci\u003eJohn Weeks\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577826546007,"sku":"9781138545489","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138545489.jpg?v=1746096862","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/advancing-education-9781138545489","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}