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Chapman, Judith D., Ed. – 1990
School-based management refers to a form of educational administration in which the school becomes the primary unit for decision-making. The book is structured into five parts. In part 1, international developments in school-based decision-making and management are documented and analyzed. Described are developments in Australia, Canada, France,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Governance, School Based Management
Download full textEckstein, Max A.; Noah, Harold J. – 1973
The twin rationales for this study are: (1) that the educational implications of metropolitan conditions deserve further study; and (2) that these implications transcend national boundaries. The study focuses on two facets of metropolitan school systems located in four metropolises: the characteristics of teachers and the patterns of perceived…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Educational Administration, Metropolitan Areas
Peer reviewedJallade, Jean-Pierre – European Journal of Education, 1992
This article summarizes results of a 1989 comparative survey of undergraduate education in five European countries, in terms of structures, organization and content of courses, admissions policies, access to education, and trends and prospects in student numbers. The countries reviewed were the Federal Republic of Germany, the United Kingdom,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Admission, Comparative Education, Course Content
Peer reviewedLowe, John – OECD Observer, 1986
Discusses findings based on studies of lower secondary school aged children in Denmark, France, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Compares and contrasts the curriculum, school organization, teacher roles, and student achievement problems in these countries. Offers perspectives on what is needed for comprehensive lower secondary schooling.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cross Cultural Studies, Curriculum Evaluation, Developed Nations
Teichler, Ulrich – 1988
This book analyses the debate on the structure of higher education in Germany, France, Sweden, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, the United States, Japan, and Australia during the past 3 decades. Structural patterns or models are systematized and the way in which different countries have solved their problems in organizing higher education are…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission (School), Comparative Education, Developed Nations
Clark, Burton R. – 1983
Basic elements of the higher education system are considered, along with variations across nations (the United Kingdom, Sweden, Japan, Italy, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Australia, Canada, the United States, Poland, Yugoslavia, Mexico, and Thailand). Three basic elements of the organization of higher education system are identified:…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Bureaucracy, Comparative Education, Educational Change
United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1909
The list here presented is not intended to include the "hundred best books" on education. It merely offers, within a reasonable compass, representative selections from those divisions of educational literature, both general and special, that are of marked interest and value to the public-school teachers of America. As such it may serve…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Public School Teachers, Educational Resources
