Changing Direction in Educational Administration/R.S.
Sharma. Jaipur, ABD Pub., 2006, vii, 244 p., ISBN 81-8376-019-8.
Changing Direction in Educational Administration/R.S.
Sharma. Jaipur, ABD Pub., 2006, vii, 244 p., ISBN 81-8376-019-8.
Contents: Preface. 1. Educational problems. 2. Social and political problems. 3. Economic problems. 4. Food services in schools. 5. Transportation in schools. 6. Administering the school office. 7. Administering instructional supplies and textbooks. 8. Administering the school plant. 9. School-community relations. 10. Principles of good school-community relations. 11. The changing direction of supervision. 12. The techniques of modern supervision. 13. Evaluation in the improvement programme. 14. The challenge of the elementary school principalship. 15. Appendix A--Rolls-Royce PLC. Index.
"Educational systems exist within social and political systems. Since social and political systems have undergone and undergoing transition, it also impacts educational systems and patterns. In addition to abiding to the rules and regulations of the school, the teaching faculty is required to meet expectations of parents in bringing out all round development of their children. Moreover, new innovations, technologies, changes and decisions which the school administration wishes to implement may give rise to new situation with varied problems. For efficient and effective functioning these problems must be sorted out and solved to the fullest satisfaction.
What are the problems that education and teaching professionals are facing? How these may be classified and categorized in definite fields like educational, social, economic, political, etc? What are their impact on teacher and taught, school and community and parents and school administration? How these problems may be solved? These are the questions which are elaborately dealt with in "Problems of Education and Teaching" in easy to understand manner.
This attempt of sorting out and solving problems of education and teaching is a must for teachers, educationalists, consultants, policy-framers and general readers." (jacket)