Journal of Educational Administration: Volume 37 Issue 3

Back to the future: The development of educational policy in England

Les Bell

This article argues that educational policy in England has passed through four main stages in the last three decades. The first three phases, Social democratic, Resource…

Restructuring Schools for Collaboration: Promises and Pitfalls

Geoffrey Riordan

A re‐appraisal of the role of the head of department in UK secondary schools

Marie Brown, Desmond Rutherford

In this paper we review current thinking on the role of the head of department in secondary schools which emphasises that theirs is the critical agency in school improvement. We…

Why educators have problems with some students: Understanding frames of preference

Michael B. Gilbert

Some educators believe that if they do their jobs properly, all their students will learn, and school will be a happy, productive and comfortable place for everybody. The reality…

Determinants and prevalence of occupational stress among Zimbabwean school administrators

Tichatonga J. Nhundu

A survey of the literature will undoubtedly show that the last two decades have witnessed a proliferation of research studies on occupational stress among educational personnel…

Building a communitarian policy of educative accountability using a critical pragmatist epistemology

Reynold J.S. Macpherson

This paper reports a policy research project intended to clarify the accountability processes and criteria that should be used to collect data, report and improve the quality of…