ABSTRACT

The edited volume provides multiple lens to view school governance practices, exploring its modernization, ethical review, future trend, as well as the reciprocal influence of educational policy.
 
Drawing on a wide-spread experience in the field of education governance from leading scholars, emerging scholars, doctoral research students and school principals, this book includes insights from 11 countries and economies across four continents: Asia, Europe, North America and Oceanic. Most of them are high achievers in the OECD’s PISA 2018 worldwide ranking in mathematics, science and reading. The book not only lifts to the forefront school governance educational thinking, but also acknowledges their complex evolution, especially under the current impact of COVID-19 Pandemic.
 
This book will be of interest to academics, professionals and policymakers in education and school governance, and any scholars who engage in historical studies of education and debates about educational governance.

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

School governance in Europe, Asia Pacific and China regions

part 1|61 pages

School governance in the European context

chapter 2|14 pages

Contracts in governance

chapter 4|15 pages

Understanding the space for parental voices in school governance

Perspectives from Norway

chapter 5|16 pages

School governance in a postcolonial world

Exploring decolonising approaches in the English school system

part 2|92 pages

School governance in the Asia-Pacific context

chapter 9|18 pages

Hidden, yet in demand

Voices of principals who are governing deliberately different Australian schools

chapter 10|16 pages

Insights into school governance and autonomy

The charter school movement in America

part 3|87 pages

School governance in the Chinese context

chapter 11|19 pages

Basic education governance in China

Policy evolution, challenges and development trends

chapter 12|19 pages

Network governance of education

The transformation of ownership in a Chinese railway SOE school

chapter 13|17 pages

Collaborative school governance in the COVID-19 pandemic

A case study in Changzhou, China

chapter 14|15 pages

From government to governance

School coalition for promoting educational quality and equity in China

chapter 15|15 pages

Restructuring school governance in Hong Kong SAR

Coping with the challenges from globalization