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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|61 pages
School governance in the European context
chapter 3|14 pages
Educational policy and school governance in the era of digital education
chapter 4|15 pages
Understanding the space for parental voices in school governance
chapter 5|16 pages
School governance in a postcolonial world
part 2|92 pages
School governance in the Asia-Pacific context
chapter 6|17 pages
The synergistic triplex relationship between school governance, education policies and teacher learning
chapter 9|18 pages
Hidden, yet in demand
chapter 10|16 pages
Insights into school governance and autonomy
part 3|87 pages
School governance in the Chinese context