Following major changes in the Australian education system, primary schools are no longer in the protected position of having a regulated flow of clients, a pre-determined curriculum and marginal levels of staff development.

Provides a review of the state of teacher education, with chapters from an international group of teacher educators. This book also considers aspects of the three major phases of teacher education: the period prior to commencing in the profession, successful induction into the profession, and the ongoing professional development of teachers.

This text contains 11 reports from countries in the Asia-Pacific region that identify critical issues related to the change and development of schooling since the beginning of the 1980s.

Combines knowledge of school effectiveness and community education to shed new light on the management of schools. Townsend argues for greater community in involvement in schooling as a whole.

This text explores the restructuring movement, with particular emphasis on how decentralization of power has affected the quality of education. It provides a broad and international picture of educational reform.

This book explores the rich contextual nature of learning and the role of school leaders and leadership development in promoting it. It concludes that inserting the preposition 'for' between the terms 'leadership' and 'learning' forces a useful wider perspective.

Discusses a series of issues at the forefront of educational debate internationally, using works of distinguished authors from many regions of the world. This book focuses on a review of the development, implementation and practice of the disciplines of school effectiveness and school improvement.