CURRENT ISSUES IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: A PERSONAL VIEW

Abstract

This is a personal review of conditions which can influence the well‐being of educational administration in developing countries. After over thirty years working with local colleagues in a variety of overseas countries in professional and administrative jobs ranging from divisional education officer, teachers college principal and personnel officer to director of a university institute of education and ministry of education adviser in a system divided by two European languages, the author looks at those influences often forgotten: the myths; the external pressures; the selection of appropriate policies and strategies; personnel and training programmes; and the problems of providing adequate professional support.

Citation

WEEKS, J. (1988), "CURRENT ISSUES IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: A PERSONAL VIEW", Journal of Educational Administration, Vol. 26 No. 3, pp. 382-392. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb009958