The edited volume provides multiple lens to view school governance practices, exploring its modernization, ethical review, future trend, as well as the reciprocal influence of educational policy.

Drawing on a wide-spread experience in the field of education governance from leading scholars, emerging scholars, doctoral research students and school principals, this book includes insights from 11 countries and economies across four continents: Asia, Europe, North America and Oceanic. Most of them are high achievers in the OECD's PISA 2018 worldwide ranking in mathematics, science and reading. The book not only lifts to the forefront school governance educational thinking, but also acknowledges their complex evolution, especially under the current impact of COVID-19 Pandemic.

This book will be of interest to academics, professionals and policymakers in education and school governance, and any scholars who engage in historical studies of education and debates about educational governance.

About the Author

Nicholas Sun Keung Pang is GaoFeng Chair Professor, Department of Education, Faculty of Education, East China Normal University (ECNU), Shanghai, China. He was the Professor and former Chairman of the Department of Educational Administration and Policy at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He specializes in educational administration, management and leadership, as well as school effectiveness and improvement.

Philip Wing Keung Chan is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education, Monash University. His research focuses on network governance, public education reform and Asia as method. His recent book is Public Education Reform and Network Governance: Lesson from the Chinese State-owned Enterprise School (Routledge, 2019).

Book Information
ISBN 9781032117669
Author Nicholas Sun Keung PANG
Format Paperback
Page Count 270
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 453g