DOCUMENT RESUME 71D 276 131 EA 018 975 AUTHOR MarshaIL_D.A., EdNewton, E. H. Ed. TITLE The Professional Preparation and Development of Educational Administrators in Commonwealth Developing Areas. A Symposium (Barbados, August 26-30, 1°65). SPONS AGENCY Caribbean Society of Educational Administratjrs (Barbados).; Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration, Armidale (Australia). PUB DATE Aug 85 NOTE 302p.; Also sponsored by the Faculty of Education, University of the West Indies. For individual papers, see EA 018 976-989. PUB TYPE Information-Analyses (070) -- Collected Works Conference Proceedings (021) EDRS PRICE MFOI/PCI3_Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *AJministrator Education; Admiuistrator Qualifications; Administrator Role; *Developing Nations; *Educational Administration; Educational Needs; Foreign Countries; Influences; Management Development; Pational Programs; Organizational Theories; Sex BiaS IDENTIFIEIS British Commonwealth; Canz.da; *Caribbean; India ABSTRACT This document comprises 14 presented papers and related conference materials from a symposium on the Professional Preparation and Develokment of Educational Administrators in Developing Areas with Emphasis on the Commonwealth Caribbean, conducted in August, 1985. The presentations were divided into three basic areas. Four papers addressed the first area, "Educational Administration in General": "Education and_Dependence: Implications for Educational Administration in_Latin_America_and_the_Caribbean," by Benno_Sander; "Assessing Effectiveness in the Field of Professional Preparation Programmes in Educational Administration." by William Mulford; "The Place of Theory in the Training of Educational-Administrators," by Tony Riffel; and "The Instructional Process in Educational Administration: The-Case Methods Approach," by Gwendoline Williams. In the second area, rEducational_Administration in_DeveIoping Areas,"_three papers_were presented: "Graduate Programmes_in Education_Administration in Developing_Areas," by Jotham Olembcq "Learning Resources in the Training of Third World Educational Administrators," by Susie Rodwell; and "Women in Educational Administration in Third World Countries," by Usha Nayar. The third area of focus was "Educational Administration in Developing Areas: Commonwealth Caribbean"; seven papers were presented in this area: "Towards a Gender-Inclusive Theory of Educational Administration for the_Third World," by Lynn_Davies; "Critical Issues in the Professional Preparation and Development of Educational Administrators in Developing Areas," by Earle H. Newton; "The Delivery of Professional Preparation and Development Programmes for School Administrators: The Commonwealth Carihbean," by David G. Marshall; "Nature and Needs in the Field of Educational Administration_in the Commonwealth Caribbean," by ErroI_Miller; "Managing Systems in the Caribbean," by_Rudolph_Goodridge; "Management Information Systems as a Tool for Educational Administrators in the Commonwealth Caribbean," by Jack Heuvel; and "Sociological Issues in the Preparation of Educational Administrators in Developing Areas with Special Reference to the Caribbean," by Anthony Layne. This conference report also includes a preface by Marshall, one of the symposium's coordinators; an opening address by Billie A. Miller, the Minister of Education and Culture for Barbados; and appendixes consisting of materials announcing the symposium ard the symposium's schedule. (PGD) ********************************************************************** * Reproductions supplied_by EDRS:are the_best that can be made * * from the original document. * *********************************************************************::* The Professional Preparation and Development of Educational_Administratora in Commonwealth Developing Areas 044 roe A SYMPOSIUM gPP Sponsored by the IiJ CARIBBEAN SOCIETY OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATORS in association with THE COMMONWEALTH COUNCIL FOR EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION and THE FACULTY OF EDUCATION, U.W.I., CAVE HILL on The Professional Preparation and Development of Educational Administrators in Developing Areas U.S. DEPARTMENT OF with emphasis on the Commonwealth Caribbean Office of EducahonalOesearet EDUCATIONAL REsoun-,je CENTER (ERI It This documenthas_beet rece.ved from the persor frot ongonanng Mmor changes haver*en reproduction quality PointaitIview or optelons August 26 - 3 , 1985 ment do_not- fleCesoar,yst r OER1 posaoon or Oolity Papers will be presented by speakers from across the Commonwealth and Latin America_ (Africa, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Caribbean, India and U.K.) "PERMISSION TO REPR( For further_information and application forms MATERIAL HAS BEEN G please get in contact with it-Ito E. H. NEWTON TO THE EDUCATIONAL I Symposium_Coordinator INFORMATION CENTER Faculty of Education U.W.I., Cave Hill Tel. NO. 425=1462 D. C. Marshall and F. H. Newton, Conference Co-Directors and Editors INDEX PAGE Preface iii Opening Address: The Hon. Billie A. Miller, Minister of Education and Culture, Barbados, 1871 I. Educational Administration in General Education and Dependence: IMplications for Educational Administration in Latin America and the Caribbean, Benno Sander - Brazil 7 Assessing Effectiveness in the Field of Professional Propatation Programmes ih Educational Adtinistration, williat Mulford - Australia 29 The Place of Theory in_the Training of Educational Administrators, Tony Riffel - Canada 53 The Instructional Process in Educational Administration. The cae Meth-Ode ApprOaCh, Gc-4ehdoline WilliaMS = Trinidad 74 II. Educational AdMiniStration in Developing Areas 103 Graduate Programmes in Education Administration in Developing Areas, Jotham Olembo - Kenya 104 Leathing ReSOUtc08 ih the Training of Third WOrld EdUtational Administrators, Susie Rodwell - London 115 WOmen_in Educational Administration in Third World Countries Usha Nayar - India 152 III. Educational Adtinistration in Developing Areas: Commonwealth Caribbean 176 Towards a Gender-Inclusive Theory of_ Edt4atiohal AdtihiStration for the Third World, Lynn Davies - England 177 Critical Issues in the Professional Preparation and Development of Educational Administrators in Developing Areas, Earle 1i; Newton - Batbadog 192 The Delivery of Professional Preparation and Development Programmes for achoOl Adtinistrators: The Commonwealth Caribbean, Dave Marshall- Canada 203 Nature and_W4ds in the_Field otr_Eiucational AdtiniSteatiOn in the Commonwealth Caribbean, Errol Miller - Jamaica 225 Managing Systems in the Caribbean, Rudolph Goodridge Barbados 238 Management Information Systems as a Tool For Educational Administrators in the Commonwealth Caribbean, Jack Heuvel - Canada 249 Sociological; Issues in the Preparation of Educational Administrators in Developing Areas with Special Reference to the Caribbean, Anthony Layne - Barbados 267 Appendix 1 280 Appendix 2 284 The Caribbean Society for Educational Administrators CARSEA, Barbados 289 PREFACE One fall day in :1982,, Earle Newton and I met for lunch with Robin Farquhar; President Of:C.C.E.A. JCommonwealth Council for Educational Administrators), to discuss_ anidea we had. At thetime; I wasan Associate Professor of Educational Administration at the University:of Manitoba; struggling to create 4 special program in Educational Administration for :studentsfrom: developing areas. : Eari.e :was Senior::Lecturer: in Educational Administration_ at the University of the WestIndies,_ on leavefor the year to _research at the University_of_Manitoba and was struggling to put together a research endevour in the area of educational administration in developing areas; Both of 9S had done internationalsearches onthe :topicand bbth of us had reacned the same conclusion; we desperately needed same contemporary attention to:the_subject of educational adMinistration_in_developing_ areasi_and_we neededthis attention in written form so it _could be used__for future instructional purposes. Our solutionto thislacunae of'thought pieces'on the- topic of -educational administration in developing areas was_to_propose to Robin a: CCEA sponsored international symposium in educational adMinistration in developing areas. The_Barbados symposium occured in much the same shape as we proposed to Robin that fall day in 1982. The symposium became a joint-venture between CCEA and CARSEAi: the Barbados based:Caribbean Society:for the Study of Educat:ional Administration, with sObstantial funding from the Commonwealth Foundation; the Caribbean Community_(CARICOM)_and_the_Canadian_International_Development Agency (CIDA). _The_theme/title for the symposium became "The Professional Preparation and _Development of Educational Administrators in: Developing Areas: The Caribbean." Earle assumed _responsibility as co-ordinator of the symposium and was supported by the Barbados based CARSEA group. The symposium had three major objectives: 1. identify and: discuss issues related to theory;_tsarch and practice of educational adMinistration in_developing_areas generally and eCmiiorieaith Caribbeanspecifically; as these issues apply to the professional: preparation and development of school administrators in the Commonwealth Caribbean- 2. provide a forum for the:collection and analysis_of a selection of specially written_ resource _materialsaddressingresearch; theory andprotessional preparationand developmentin educational administration in developing areas. 3. provide:a foundation and direction for future educational research and cooperative ventures in this field between Commonwealth Caribbean; Canada and