Journal of Educational Administration: Volume 22 Issue 1

ACCOUNTABILITY IN AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

P.W. MUSGRAVE

Accountability is defined in terms of the monitoring of the rights and duties of teachers, which are themselves always open for negotiation and, therefore, change through time as…

PRINCIPAL BEHAVIOUR AND CURRICULUM DECISION MAKING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE AND METHODS OF CURRICULUM DECISION MAKING

LAURIE BRADY

This article reports a study on the relationship between organizational climate and one aspect of school based curriculum development, namely, who makes the curriculum decisions…

TEACHER PARTICIPATION IN SCHOOL DECISION MAKING: A FRAMEWORK FOR RESEARCH

MICHAEL IMBER, DANIEL L. DUKE

There is no strong empirical confirmation for theoretical claims that high levels of teacher participation in school decision making would improve schools. This inconsistency…

TEACHER UTILIZATION OF AVENUES FOR PARTICIPATORY DECISION‐MAKING

DAN RILEY

One of the most contentious issues in management is participatory decision‐making (PDM). While studies abound centred on hypothetical benefits, characteristics of involved…

RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PRINCIPALS AND MEMBERS OF SCHOOL COUNCILS: AN ATTITUDE SCALE

JUDITH D. CHAPMAN

This paper reports on the design of an attitude scale to be used in studies investigating relationships between principals and members of school councils in Victoria. The scale…

ADMINISTRATIVE PATTERNS AND PROCESSES IN ONTARIO SCHOOL BOARDS

ETHEL AUSTER

The research reported in this paper focusses upon the following concern: the participants and procedures followed by the central office of boards of education in Ontario in the…

PREDICTING DROPOUTS OF UNIVERSITY FRESHMEN: A LOGIT REGRESSION ANALYSIS

Y.L. JACK LAM

Factors considered important for predicing attrition were extracted from the research done on university dropouts for the past twenty‐five years and integrated into a conceptual…

THE ADMINISTRATION OF STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES AT THE OPEN UNIVERSITY

DESMOND J. KEEGAN

The Open University of the United Kingdom is acknowledged as one of the most successful distance education system yet designed. High among the reasons for its success is the…