Changes in Czech Education--Improvisation or a Controlled Process? The Case of Launching School Governing Bodies.

Autor/inn/en	Pol, Milan; Rabusicova, Milada
Titel	Changes in Czech Education--Improvisation or a Controlled Process? The Case of Launching School Governing Bodies.
Quelle	(2000), (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Administrative Organization; Educational Change; Educational Improvement; Educational Innovation; Elementary Secondary Education; Foreign Countries; Governance; Management Systems; Needs Assessment; Personnel Selection; Public Schools; Staff Development; Teacher Education; Teacher Improvement; Czech Republic + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsreform; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Ausland; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Bedarfsermittlung; Personalauswahl; Personalentscheidung; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Personnel development; Personalentwicklung; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Tschechische Republik
Abstract	This paper reports on a study of the changes that Czech education has undergone over the last decade. Many of these changes have been of a fundamental and significant nature, and have had an essential and relatively long-lasting influence on the form and behavior of the system. These changes have had their impact on the roles of people within the system as well. There have been a variety of reforms, and also a number of efforts to manage them. The study asks whether these changes have really been managed in a sophisticated way (supported by the theory of change and its management) or have been subject to improvisation by people, who usually have good intentions, but no appropriate knowledge, skills, or experience. The setting up and starting of the activities of school-governing bodies is used as an example in the study to look at whether the present situation in Czech schools is the result of qualified management or rather of improvisation. Findings indicate that the activities to launch school-governing bodies cannot be regarded as mere improvisation. However, generally speaking, these efforts do not reflect the theory and the practical experience of those who are experts in the management of organizational change. Consequently, 10 years after a fundamental socioeconomic breakthrough in Czech society, school-governing boards remain on the periphery of what schools, parents, and others are interested in. (Contains 10 references.) (DFR)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC