Educational Administration and Educational Development. Studies in Comparative and International Education No. 1.

Autor/in	Marklund, Sixten
Institution	Stockholm Univ. (Sweden). Inst. of International Education.
Titel	Educational Administration and Educational Development. Studies in Comparative and International Education No. 1.
Quelle	(1979), (68 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Educational Administration; Educational Change; Educational Development; Educational Policy; Governance; Organization; Policy Formation; Public Schools; School Community Relationship; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Bildungsreform; Bildungsentwicklung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Finanzierung; Organisation; Organisationsstruktur; Politische Betätigung; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Schweden
Abstract	This paper analyzes interrelationships between educational administration and educational development (defined as guided educational change) in Sweden. First, characteristics of the Swedish educational system and its management are described. The paper notes a growing trend to connect educational activities to community activities. Thus, school administration is increasingly becoming the administration of school-community relations. This development was inspired by socioeconomic progressivism and pedagogic progressivism. This progressivism requires a new kind of administration in which a changing, rather than a static, school is being administered. Both local and central administrators are often forced to interpret the aims of educational policy, choose a position when aims conflict, and set priorities between different aims. Thus, educational administration in itself becomes a force for educational development. Management of education has also changed through new laws on employment protection and joint regulation of working conditions. The employment protection law is sometimes difficult to apply to research and development if high quality and competence are to be maintained. The problem is balancing the public interest (determined politically) and the interests of special groups (determined through negotiations). If these interests cannot be balanced, both educational administration and educational research and development may be affected. (Author/JM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC