Naslov
Managerial Development of Croatian Principals: Longitudinal Empirical Research of Educational Needs and Approaches

Autori
Alfirević, Nikša ; Relja, Renata ; Popović, Toni

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Proceedings of MAC-ETL 2015 in Prague December 4th – 6th 2015 in Prague 1st edition / Pastor, Otto ; Fabera, Vit ; Tirbhon, Sanjay ; Manek, Sebastian ; Konecki, Mario - Prag : MAC Prague consulting, 2015

ISBN
978-80-88085-04-1

Skup
Multidisciplinary Academic Conference on Education, Teaching and Learning in Prague 2015 MAC-ETL in Prague 2015

Mjesto i datum
Prag, Češka Republika, 04.12.2015. - 06.12.2015

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
educational needs; educational approaches; managerial development; school principals’ work performance; Croatia

Sažetak
Croatia currently finds itself at the beginning of a comprehensive school reform, which is aiming to bring the Croatian educational system closer to those of the most developed EU member states, both in terms of curriculum and educational methods. A separate topic, within the reform context, is related to the professionalization of primary and secondary school principals. The professionalization requirement has been introduced for principals several years ago, but it has not been implemented yet, due to many unsolved issues in the fields of educating and licensing these educational professionals. In this paper, we examine the educational needs of Croatian primary school principals, as well as their preferences in terms of the delivery of managerial education (workshops and interactive approaches vs. more traditional teaching sessions ; customized, in-house vs. more generic programs). The empi-rical analysis is based on two waves of data collection among the Croatian primary school principals, conducted in 2007 and 2015. The longitudinal approach makes it possible to track the changes, related to the educational needs and profiles of Croatian school principals, as well as to contextualize them. The sociological context, in which the empirical results will be addressed, is related both to the planned changes (reforms) of the educational system, as well as to the general social trends, described by the (in)existence of the economic crisis and austerity narratives. The obtained results will be also interpreted as an extension of the pre-vious empirical research in Croatian primary schools, i.e. toward the assessment of the preparedness for a comprehensive educational reform in Croatia.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija, Sociologija

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