Governance and Administration in EducationModule Details

Rationale

Educational governance and management contribute greatly to the ensuing success of teaching and learning in schools. Its efficiency within education organisations, public or private, is defined by the effective decision-making processes which on a later stage establishes fruitful relationships between organisations. It is particularly complex since it defines expectations, grants authority and delineates lines of accountability. Students will be familiarised with how school leaders and local officials can work together to establish the practices and processes under which the schools operate. Educational administration is the process of utilising the appropriate resources in such a way that will put into effect the practices and processes of school operation. 

This course aims to examine the role of government, politics and the administrative practices in education and how policies and policy making promotes effectively the techniques and procedures needed for operating the educational organisation.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course students will be expected to:

(i)    Examine the relationship of educational governance and educational administration.
(ii)   Identify the influences of educational governance for policy making and the vital role of educational administration for policy implementation. 
(iii)  Assess existing educational policies and how they can be modified to address current issues in the educational system.
(iv)  Discuss the effect of politics on the educational system and how the various actors shape the educational system.
(v)   Explain the impact of decentralisation of the educational system and the power dynamics between local, state and government level on the use of resources.