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Administrative "Perestroika" and Rewriting History: The Dilemma of "Glasnost" in Soviet Education.
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Husband, William B. – Journal of Educational Administration, 1991
After 1987, Gorbachev's initiatives provoked strong educator discord over the extent of desirable national education policy change and the rewriting of the nation's history. Classroom teachers and low-level administrators pushed for greater decision-making authority at lower levels. By 1989, these differences had settled into a pattern of ongoing,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Analysing Policy Development in Curriculum Innovation: A Suggested Approach.
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Creighton, Helen – Journal of Educational Administration, 1983
Following a literature review on policy development and decision-making--their participants, processes, innovative directions, and contexts--this study develops a series of analytical questions exploring the aspects of curriculum innovation. (JW)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Educational Environment, Educational Policy
Principal Behavior and Curriculum Decision Making: The Relationship between Organizational Climate and Methods of Curriculum Decision Making.
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Brady, Laurie – Journal of Educational Administration, 1984
A study of 20 representative primary schools in New South Wales, Australia, revealed that a high degree of principal supportiveness as measured by the Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire was associated positively with curriculum decision making by staff groups and negatively with curriculum decision-making by individual teachers. (PGD)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries