School-Based Management Dimensions and Components: A Conceptual Model
Subject Areas : Research in Curriculum PlanningKeywords: control and supervision, school-based management, decision making, School-based, reward and operation evaluation, delegation,
Abstract :
The present research has been performed to recognize school-based management dimensions and components, and to present a suitable framework. All school managers, principals and teachers in Tehran ( individuals) make up the population of this research, and individuals with sample volume determination tables help with classificatory random method form the statistic sample. The information has been collected through questionnaires and interviews the validity reliability of which was tested after calculation ( ). The obtained data has been analyzed with the help of descriptive and perceptive statistics. The obtained results from the questionnaires demonstrate that the dimensions and components of school-based management systems are as follows: The first hypothesis: Decision making dimension includes the following components: Bilateral acceptance, participation, majority of ideas participation, human resources education. The second hypothesis: Control and supervision dimension includes the following components: Self-control, individuals responsiveness toward the group, group supervision and responsiveness toward group and high supervision of educational administration offices. The third hypothesis: operating evaluation and human factors rewarding dimension also include these components: Moral and personal features, features, human resources managerial and communicative skills, official trainings, technical skills and educational courses. Moreover, obtained results from the interviews with educational management experts and specialists demonstrate that the most important theories which can be utilized in education in order to stablize school-based management system according to the above-mentioned dimensions and components are as follows: metharecognition, participational management theories, virtual education theories, organizational learning, comprehensive quality management and improvement of human resources. The researcher, with due attention to obtained results and practical experience, has suggested a framework for stabilizing school based management system to the ministry of education in his country.