From the FORUM Archive: The Person-Centred School

FORUM ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 95-96
Author(s):  
Michael Fielding
Keyword(s):  
School Effectiveness ◽  
New Labour ◽  
Education Policies

The fourth article we are highlighting from the extensive FORUM archive introduces Michael Fielding's critique of practice and policy for school effectiveness, first published in 2000. In it, Fielding describes the disillusionment with New Labour education policies before setting out a well-made argument for the person-centred school to promote human fulfilment.

Performativity in School Management and Leadership in Botswana

2011 ◽  
Vol 39 (6) ◽  
pp. 751-766 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nkobi Owen Pansiri
Keyword(s):  
School Improvement ◽  
School Effectiveness ◽  
Poor Performance ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
Educational Management ◽  
Education Management ◽  
Disadvantaged Communities ◽  
School Improvement Initiatives ◽  
Management And Leadership

The thesis of this article is that the uncritical adoption of Western models of education management and leadership policies results in poor performance in schools in disadvantaged communities in developing countries. The argument shows that this has led to the institutionalization of generic education policies that are not contingent to the circumstances of the small, dispersed, rural and remote schools. In my analysis, I agree with the growing concern in educational development debates over the uncritical transportation or the uncritical international transfer of school effectiveness assumptions and models to African contexts. I use Botswana as a case study to show the continuing mismatch between educational management models adopted from Western countries and the application in the Botswana context, and the related failure of school improvement initiatives proposed by aid agencies. When a school fails the head is charged with the underperformance.

Governing through Governance: Education Policy Control under New Labour

2003 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 300-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Bache
Keyword(s):  
Education Policy ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Central Government ◽  
New Labour ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
Policy Goals ◽  
Policy Control ◽  
Government Education ◽  
Multi Level

Central to the debates on governance is the extent to which this process erodes state power. This article looks at the control of education policy since 1997. Education has not been immune from the developing process of governance. Moreover, Labour government education policies have accelerated this process: there has been greater fragmentation of policy-making, with a proliferation of cross-sectoral and multi-level participation. However, in this case, central government has not only retained control over policy-making but has been able to achieve its policy goals more effectively. Two case studies: ‘New Labour and the Local Education Authorities’ and ‘New Labour and the Funding of Education’, demonstrate the advantages for the centre in voluntarily governing through governance.

After New Labour

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Will Leggett
Keyword(s):  
New Labour
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