GED2881/GED2881D

Studies in educational policy and management: educational institutions

Associate Professor T L Seddon and Associate Professor P C Gronn

12 points
* 3 hours per week
* Second semester
* Clayton
* Distance

Objectives Upon the successful completion of this subject, students should be able to use their own experience in institutions to question common understandings of the work of policy analysts and administrators, and about theories of educational management; understand the relationship between social, political and administrative theories and the relationship of these to management practice; formulate their own understandings of policy and administrative work which can form the basis for meaningful action in institutional contexts.

Synopsis The subject deals especially with social and political theory and administrative theory in education. These are applied to the analysis of educational institutions and their management. Various assumptions about society and the nature of educational management, particularly at the institutional level, will be identified and examined. This scrutiny of perspectives on education and society will lead students into a consideration of significant developments in the field of educational administration theory. Students will be expected to consider various theoretical concepts and issues in the light of their own institutional practice.

Assessment Assignment (6000 words): 100%

Recommended texts

Dale R The state and education policy Open U P, 1989
Evers C W and Chapman J D (eds) Introduction to Australian educational administration Allen and Unwin, 1994
Evers C W and Lakomski G Knowing educational administration Pergamon, 1991
Hoy W and Miskel C Educational administration: Theory, research and practice Random Hall, 1986
Seddon T L Context and beyond Falmer, 1994
Taylor S, Rizvi F, Lingard B and Henry M (eds) Educational policy and the politics of change Routledge, 1997