Decentralisation and Dilemmas in School Leadership

Decentralisation of education systems has become
most widely spread policy in recent decades. It
introduced new concepts in the field of education
managerial, business-like approaches which place
additional demands on educators, especially
educational leaders. Now they need to deal with not
only day-to-day teaching and learning issues, but
perform rigorous tasks to manage education
business . Despite the popularity of
decentralisation policy, there is lack of research
concerning its effects over school efficiency and
school improvement. This is most true of Georgia, a
former Soviet Republic, which adopted
decentralisation policy to rehabilitate the system
of education. Thus, educational professionals should
find this book interesting and useful as it provides
general overview of modern reform initiatives and
concentrates on the Georgian context discussing
dilemmas of school leadership.

Autorentext

Nikoloz Parjanadze, PhD candidate: Studied Educational Leadership and Management at Institute of Education, University of London; studied English Language and Literature and later completed postgraduate course in linguistics at Kutaisi State University, Georgia. Currently works at International Black Sea University, Tbilisi, Georgia.

Klappentext

Decentralisation of education systems has become most widely spread policy in recent decades. It introduced new concepts in the field of education - managerial, business-like approaches which place additional demands on educators, especially educational leaders. Now they need to deal with not only day-to-day teaching and learning issues, but perform rigorous tasks to manage 'education business'. Despite the popularity of decentralisation policy, there is lack of research concerning its effects over school efficiency and school improvement. This is most true of Georgia, a former Soviet Republic, which adopted decentralisation policy to rehabilitate the system of education. Thus, educational professionals should find this book interesting and useful as it provides general overview of modern reform initiatives and concentrates on the Georgian context discussing dilemmas of school leadership.