New Zealand schools of independent management policy-pedagogy theory thesis
Author: such as the source: the inspiring nets update: the 2010-6-21
【 abstract 】 this paper introduces New Zealand since the end of the 1980 s would carry out the school independent (the school-based) management policy, including the school administration, the historical tradition, the origin of policy changes and the idea, school of independent management policy content and system design.
The past ten years, many western countries promote education reform, and in school education administrative system, and organization restructuring: a strengthening of the education decision-making authority; for another, implementation independent school (or the school-based) management policy, and construction market education must situation. Enhance the education administrative efficiency and school education efficiency, the pursuit of excellence in education quality. This article chooses New Zealand schools (including public school within the territory of the school, but does not include private school) independent management policy research.
1988 years ago, New Zealand education HangZhengKe layer medium including: ministry of education, ministry of education and the education officer officer in charge. The primary school administrative department have: the education department, ministry of education, the ministry of education area education committee and the schools where the school board. And the British, the United States and other countries is decentralization, and at the time of the school education in New Zealand, administrative system has very obvious of central colour, school system is also quite neat a change, between the schools are homogeneous. The schools in personnel and the funds autonomy is still very limited. Only teachers in the curriculum and teaching and assessment enjoy a degree of autonomy in the room. Parents do not amount to full school has had the option.
A policy changes, the origin and concept basis
(a) the reason and process
From 1877 to 1988, more than years of New Zealand to education administrative system and no major change. But domestic demand to education system change is the voice of the frequent. 1966 years of public expenditure committee (PublicExpenditureCommittee), the ministry of education must be argued vehemently criticism of fiscal expenditure rose sharply negative great responsibilities, think the government should be careful measure education funds spending and education on the relationship between economic contribution.
In addition, because of the traditional political activity is New Zealand localization colour, contains strong people's sovereignty priority concept, centralized is often of the evil reputation. So, the public education administrative affairs in the 1970 s the main policy become one of the issues. In 1974's mayer (Nordmeyer) report, namely advise primary school the school board and the power of the recall of teachers, and to question the education committee around the value of existence. The same year of Holmes (Holmes) report, it is suggested that the government set up the education administrative system consumer orientation, and to give education institutions larger financial responsibility and course consulting power. In 1976, the MaiKe (McCombs) report also suggest to the right place to education, and demand for parents will more seats in pipe.
Responding to growing public and government agencies both education system and education results, with New Zealand in 1986 congress for a bipartisan science and education special committee (ScienceandEducationSelectCommittee), to further education problem widely research. Research in 1986 after report put forward Scott, think New Zealand education problem is the main factors of three: 1) provider orientation, namely the education effect is by education providers to describe their service quality; 2) bulky gawky too fine education division of the administrative organiz
