| Governance and Performance of Education Systems 2008 Edition Contributor(s): Soguel, Nils C. (Editor), Jaccard, Pierre (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1402064454 ISBN-13: 9781402064456 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2007 Annotation: Education has increasingly become the focus of public discourse and policy, with its methods, resources and achievements widely debated. As a result, educational systems are now more than ever faced with the challenge of improving their performance and of proving that suitable measures are being taken to guarantee greater efficiency regarding equity. This desire for better results requires that better methods for their measurement exist so that they can be better understood and, ultimately, improved. Several disciplines have already developed instruments for this purpose. The educational sciences have been particularly active in this field. Other disciplines, such as sociology, economics, management, information technology, and political science are also making significant contributions to the emergence of a better form of governance. Before one can benefit from these developments, one first must know about their existence and analyse and question them. The proposed book is unique in that it brings together a wide range of disciplines and experience from several countries. What are possible models of governance? How do we measure their effects in terms of efficiency and equity? What type of contribution can financial and information systems make? How do we adapt the prevailing culture to the challenge of better performance? These are some of the concrete questions to which this book provides an answer. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Testing & Measurement - Education | Administration - General - Education | Educational Policy & Reform |
| Dewey: 371.207 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.47 lbs) 330 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Educational systems are now more than ever faced with the challenge of improving their performance and proving that suitable measures are being taken to guarantee greater efficiency regarding equity. Bringing together a wide range of disciplines and experience in several countries, this book details possible models of governance and describes ways to measure their effects in terms of efficiency and equity. |
