Balancing freedom, autonomy and accountability in education / Volume 2 / druk 2

Freedom, autonomy and accountability are commonly regarded as very important, but policy-makers do not always pay sufficient attention to the tensions among them. Thus freedom or school autonomy may be sacrificed to accountability, or accountability may be weakened in an effort to provide a wider range of choices for parents, or to give more decision-making authority to individual schools. The authors are convinced that wise design and implementation can produce a successful balance among freedom, autonomy, and accountability, and that considering the approaches adopted by different educational systems can contribute both to design and to implementation.

This four volume collection presents a worldwide overview of the status of freedom, autonomy, and accountability in education, with detailed information on forty countries.

This publication is a useful reference manual for students, government officials, educational lawyers and policy-makers.

included chapters on national education systems, describing the laws and policies under which both public and non-public schools operate in each.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction Jan De Groof and Charles Glenn

Austria Walter Berka and Charles Glenn

Belgium (Flemish Community) Jim Deridder

Belgium (French Community) Xavier Del Grange and Mathias El Berhoumi

Bulgaria Charles Glenn

Czech Republic Milan Pol and Bohumíra Lazarová

Denmark Susanne Wiborg

England Paul Meredith and Ann Blair

Estonia Merilin Kiviorg

Finland Päivi Gynther

France André Legrand and Charles Glenn

Germany Charles Glenn

Greece Vanda Apostolopoulou

Ireland Conor O'Mahony

Italy Fulvio Cortese, Cinzia Piciocchi and Charles Glenn

Latvia Edvins Danovskis

Lithuania Birut Praneviien and Agn Margeviit

Luxembourg Siggy Koenig

Malta Christopher Bezzina

Netherlands Paul J.J. Zoontjens and Charles Glenn

Northern Ireland Laura Lundy

Norway Nina Volckmar

Poland Katarzyna Górak-Sosnowska, Stanisaw opatowski, Urszula Markowska-Manista and Micha Rynkowski

Romania Raluca Bîgu

Scotland Charles Glenn

Slovenia Zdenko Kodelja and Marjan imenc

Spain Arturo Galán and Charles Glenn

Sweden Inger Enkvist, Frank Nordberg and Elisabeth Porath Sjöö

Switzerland Rolf Dubs and Charles Glenn