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DOCUMENT RESUME
ED 226 453
EA 015 404
TITLE
Managing the Schools of the Future--Focus on
Prinaipals. Proceedings of the Commonwealth Council
for Educational Administration Regional Conference
(4th, Nicosia,Cyprus, January 1980).
INSTITUTION
Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration,
Armidale (Australia).; Cyprus Educational
Administration Society, Nicosia.
PUB DATE
80
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314 ; Some pages may reproduce poorly due to small
print of original document.
PUB TYPE
Books (010) -- Collected Works - Conference
Proceedings (021) -- Viewpoints (120)
EDRS PRICE
MF01/PC13 Plus Postage.
DESCRIPTORS
*Administrator Role; Change Strategies; Computers;
Curriculum Development; Deafness; *Educational
Administration; Educational Assessment; Educational
,
Change; Educatiohal History; Educational Research;
Elementary Secondary Education; Evaluation Methods;
Foreign Countries; Formative Evaluation; *Futures (of
Society); *Leadership; Measures (Individuals);
National Programs; *Principals; Professional
Development; Research Methodology; Self
Evaluation
(Groups); Technological Advancement
IDENTIFIERS
Commonwealth.Council for Educ Administration;
*Cyprus; India; Nigeria; Third World
ABSTRACT
The Fourth Regional Conference of the Commonwealth
Council for Educational Administration, held in Nicosia,
Cyprus,
January 1980, focused on the po"Ssible
impact of foreseeable changes
in educaiton on the school administrator'S role. The 16 papers
presented (published in this volume) addressed the
development of
Cyprus's dual educational system; the history and character of
Nigeria's educational system; models of change, barriers to change,
change strategies, and the principal''s role
in change; currently
needed administrative competencies; the likely nature
of the
principalship in the year 2000; the monitoring of
school performance
in the future, with particular reference to the Eastern
Caribbean;
the characteristics of the principalship
in India; the impact of
computers on educational administration; the
rehabilitation of the
deaf in Cyprus; educational management theory and
the requiremenikS of
educational management programs for principals; factors
in the
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development of a scale for measuring principals'
leadership styles
and their effects; the concept of managerial
discretion in the
context of school system rules structures;
leadership qualities
needed in administrators and education
officials as perceived by
teachers in Cyprus; curriculum planning for
primary eddcation in
Cyprus; self evaluation strategies for schools; and
professional
development for teachers and administrators. (PGD)

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MANAGING THE SCHOOLS
OF THE FUTURE -FOCUS
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