ERIC Number: ED629383
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 7
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What Happened to 'Educational' in Educational Management and Leadership? The Rise of Managerialism
du Plessis, André
Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, Paper presented at the Annual International Conference of the Bulgarian Comparative Education Society (BCES) (21st, Sofia, Bulgaria, Jun 2023)
This paper argues that school leaders and managers are being forced to abandon their educational purpose and that leadership and management activities of school leaders are now purposed towards satisfying the needs of a managerialist elite. As a result, the best interests of learners/ students are placed secondary to the interests of the bureaucrats. The paper conceptualises educational leadership and educational management and the relationship between these two actions is explained. Thereafter, managerialism is defined and its expansion to an ideology is explained. Examples are provided of how managerialism manifests itself in education systems. [For the complete Volume 21 proceedings, see ED629259.]
Descriptors: Leadership Responsibility, Instructional Leadership, Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Ideology, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
Bulgarian Comparative Education Society. Blvd Shipchenski prohod 69 A, 1574 Sofia, Bulgaria. e-mail: info@bces-conference.org; Web site: http://www.bces-conference.org
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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