A Socially Critical View Of The Self-Managing School
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A Socially Critical View Of The Self-Managing School by John Smyth
The shift from the model of central government educational control to school- based management has been widely adopted and acclaimed and has created the general impression of increased democracy and participation.; The international contributors to this book tackle this important policy issue and look behind the scenes of the moves towards school self- management. They investigate the phenomenon of the self-managing school, Why It Is Happening Now, What Is The Truth Behind This Notion And The problems which lie behind devolution and self-management.; The self- managing school, it is claimed is not about "grassroots democracy" or "parent participation" but absolutely the reverse and this contradiction is best understood in terms of the ideology of the New Right. Enlightened and informed perspectives of the reality behind school self-management suggest that the devolution of power is only superficial. Hierarchies continue to exist as unequally funded schools which perpetuate class, gender and ethnic divisions. The mechanism involved promotes the Survivial Of The Fittest Through Notions Of Choice.; For Those Involved in school management and education generally, this book should provide a useful insight into the struggle surrounding the control of schooling.
Smyth, John: - John Smyth is visiting professor of Education and Social Justice at the University of Huddersfield, Emeritus Research Professor at Federation University Australia, and Emeritus Professor of Education at Flinders University of South Australia. He completed his PhD at University of Alberta in 1979. He has held professorships in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, is a former Senior Fulbright Research Scholar, an elected fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, and recipient of several research awards from the American Educational Research Association. John is the author/ editor of 40 academic books, 350 papers in academic journals and book chapters, and is the Series Editor Palgrave MacMillan Critical University Studies. Most recent books include The Toxic University: Zombie leadership, academic rock stars and neoliberal ideology (Palgrave, 2017, 2018) and Education and working class youth: towards a politics of inclusion (with Simmons, Palgrave, 2018). His research interests are sociology of education and critical policy analyses of education.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780750702133 |
| ISBN 10 | 0750702133 |
| Title | A Socially Critical View Of The Self-Managing School |
| Author | John Smyth |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 1993-06-11 |
| Number of pages | 268 |
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