New Perspectives on School Management

Author: Cheng Zhenxiang
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Publish Date: 2002-06-01
Features: "The 21st Century Principal's Continuing Education Library," including over 10 works and textbooks such as Deng Xiaoping's Educational Theory and Strategies for Basic Education Reform, Outline of Educational Modernization, Advice to Principals—101, Development of Specialized Schools and the Principal's Personality, New Perspectives on School Management, Modern Teaching Perspectives for Principals, School-Based Management: Concepts, Operations, and Experiences, Modern Educational Evaluation: Concepts, Methods, and Technologies, and Modern Principal Training: Concepts, Operations, and Experiences. These works and textbooks strive to reflect the new theories and viewpoints of contemporary educational reform, research new experiences and issues in school management, and broaden the educational horizons of principals while promoting the transformation of their educational concepts and the renewal of their cognitive structures. In the conception of this book, it breaks away from the existing disciplinary framework of school management studies and focuses on the subjective development of school management. From a three-dimensional perspective that combines historical and synchronic dimensions, unifies static and dynamic aspects, and integrates element-based and systemic approaches, it explores some hot and key issues in school management, organizing them into thematic sections with inherent logical connections. The main content of the book includes the following aspects:
1. Reflection and Thinking
2. School-Based Management
3. Strategic Management
4. Organizational Forms
5. Curriculum Management
6. Human Resource Management
7. School Evaluation
8. Management Transformation
9. Innovation Management
10. Principal Development
During the writing process, this book strives to embody the following three characteristics:
First, "new"—it offers new perspectives on problems, new viewpoints for analyzing issues, and new approaches to solving problems.
Second, "practical"—the content is close to actual practice, theoretical explanations are grounded in reality, and research on countermeasures is targeted at practical needs.
Third, "flexible"—the concepts are vivid, examples are lifelike, and operations are adaptable.