ERIC Number: ED480147
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2003
Pages: 174
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ISBN: ISBN-92-64-10034-2
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Networks of Innovation: Towards New Models for Managing Schools and Systems. Schooling for Tomorrow.
Istance, David, Comp.; Kobayashi, Mariko, Comp.
This book contains a collection of papers from the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development's Schooling for Tomorrow project. The first part contains papers on networks and governance in schooling as follows: "Networking in Society, Organisations and Education" (Hans F. van Aalst); "Schooling for Tomorrow: Networks of Learning" (Judith Chapman); "Networking for Educational Innovation: A Comparative Analysis" (Anne Silwka); and "Governance, Management and Leadership" (Ron Glatter, Bill Mulford, and Dale Shuttleworth). The second part contains the following papers on specific cases: "Strategies to Promote Good Practices and Innovation in Schools: The Portuguese Case" (Maria de Ceu Roldao); "Public Management Reform and the Regulation of Education Systems: The Hungarian Case" (Gabor Halasz); "Deliverable Goals and Strategic Challenges: A View from England on Reconceptualizing Public Education" (Michael Barber); and "Schools and Governance in the Netherlands: Recent Change and Forward-Looking Policy Thinking" (The Netherlands Ministry of Education, Culture and Science). The third part of the book contains articles highlighting the main conclusions to emerge from a series of conferences held in 2000 and 2001; they are as follows: "Schooling for Tomorrow: Principles and Directions for Policy" (Ylva Johansson); "Understanding Networks for Innovation in Policy and Practice" (David Hopkins); and "The Management of Learning, Schools and Systems" (Donald Hirsch). (WFA)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation, Educational Planning, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Educational Principles, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership, Public Education, School Administration, School Based Management, Social Networks
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Publication Type: Books; Collected Works - General; Guides - Non-Classroom
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France).
Identifiers - Location: Hungary; Netherlands; Portugal; United Kingdom (England)
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