Theoretical and practical aspects of concept ‘Good school’
LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Gera mokykla; Mokyklos efektyvumas; Mokyklos efektyvumo vertinimas; Evaluation of school effectiveness; Good school; School effectiveness.
ENThe definition of a good school depends not only on who defines it, but also on the purpose, time and circumstances under which it is defined. In a society the definition of a good school usually includes the concepts of an effective, good-quality and best-scoring school. When talking about the concept of an effective school, the aspects of education and management should be emphasised as school focuses mainly on educational activity which, from the viewpoint of management, is often seen as the provision of educational services. It is also important to take into consideration the fact that a school is an organisation which acts in a changing and complicated social environment, which has in its disposition very limited resources and involves many different interested parties, such as institutions of educational management, school administration, teachers, students, parents, tax payers, society.All the aforementioned interested groups may have different expectations with regard to the activities carried out by school, therefore, the criteria for assessing school effectiveness may differ. Thus when formulating the definition of an effective school, it is important to emphasise the accord/compromise between the interested groups concerning the values the school seeks to implement. As a result, the aim of this analysis is to explore the characteristics of a good or an effective school using the information provided in the scientific literature and the results of qualitative research carried out in Lithuania. One of the tasks of the empirical analysis was to identify what parameters are used by various education subjects (politicians, representatives of state institutions, heads of schools, scientists, teachers, school graduates) to describe an effective activity of school. During the survey, both the method of individual and group discussion interviews were used. [From the publication]
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- Mokyklos autonomijos valdymo modelis : disertacija / Jolanta Urbanovič. Vilnius : Mykolo Romerio universiteto Leidybos centras, 2011. 179 p.
