PGVCH14 School Management

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2009
Extent and Intensity
0/0. Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Milan Pol, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Milan Pol, CSc.
Department of Educational Sciences – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ivana Klusáková
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
Course objectives
The discipline leads students to basic understanding of main issues related to school management. First, the relation between school management and other disciplines is explained. After this, the attention is paid to understanding of school as a multifaceted entity and its place in the broader context. Students will be introduced into basic categories and processes of school management. After completion of the course, students should be able to explain main features of school as an institution, specific organization and community and also main processes that take place in the school and are a subject of management.
Syllabus
  • 1. Management – definition of the discipline, its development 2. Relation between management and school management 3. School as institution, specific organization, community – main features, implications 4. Processes of leadership, management and governance – main features 5. Vision, mission, aims of the school 6. Processes of group/team work in the school 7. School culture 8. Planning and organizing in the school 9. Coordinating and communicating in the school 10. Decision-making processes in the school 11. Evaluation and control in the school 12. School external relations 13. Change in the school
Literature
  • Prášilová, M.: Řízení základní školy v letech 1990-2007. Olomouc: UP, 2008. 124 s. ISBN 978-80-244-2036-3.
  • POL, Milan. Škola v proměnách (School in transformations.). 1. plus 1. dotisk. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2007, 196 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-4499-9. info
Assessment methods
Lecture and seminar, final written test (credit)
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008.
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