Concept of Educational Management

1.1 Concept of Educational Management

The origin of the development of educational management as a field of study began in the United States in the early part of the 20th century.

1.2 Meaning of Educational Management

Educational management operates in educational organizations. As Tony Bush (1986), puts its, “Most of the definitions of educational management which have been offered by writers are partial because they reflect the particular sense of author. Those which attempt a broader approach are often bland.”

“School management, as a body of educational doctrine, comprises a number of principles and precepts relating primarily to the technique of classroom procedure and derived largely from the practice of successful teachers. The writers in the field have interpreted these principles and precepts in various ways, usually be reference to larger and more fundamental principles of psychology, sociology and ethics.” -Paul Monroe : (1913)

“Management implies an orderly way of thinking. It describes in operational terms what is to be done, how it is to be done, and how we know when we have done. Management is not an arcane mystique. It is a method of operation. Good management should result in an orderly integration of education and society -Shelley Umana : (1972)

 

1.3 Need of Educational Management

While writing about the purpose of educational management Kandel says, “Fundamentally the purpose of educational management is to bring pupils and teachers under such conditions as well as more successfully promote the ends of education. “Sir Graham Balfour writes very aptly, “the purpose of educational management is to enable the right pupils to receive to the right education from the right teachers, at a cost within the means of the state, which will enable pupils to profit by their learning.

In a democratic country, educational management is a necessity. Some suitable, stable elements are properly motivated and organised in the machinery becomes necessary to withstand and survive the changes and upheavals caused because of change of Governments. Superior educational management in fact is so basic to the satisfactory functioning of democracy. Errors of judgement can be retrieved in a farm or factory but these can be fatal when we are concerned with the moulding or ideas and values of society. An efficient and sound system of educational management is, in fact the basis of a good democracy.

What is the purpose of education?

Is there a difference between education systems in different countries (like Russia, Germany, US, USSR)?