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Presents a case study of the emergence and early stages ofimplementation of Queensland Education Departments policy fordevolution of responsibility to State Schools. Has four major purposesto clarify the rhetoric by which the Department has developed andpromoted its devolution policy critically to examine the efficacy ofthe policy when it is played out, inreality, at the school face to explorepossible positive outcomes of the policy, potential impediments withinthe Department and school community, and prerequisites to effectiveimplementation and to consider what is needed in preservice teachereducation to enable future teachers readily to function in aschoolbased organizational context. The message whichemerges from these considerations is that stakeholders at all levelsneed to be vigilant observers, watching for inconsistencies as theydevelop, between the rhetoric and the reality of devolution policy inpractice in particular, regression towardscentralized, bureaucratic control. Proposes an approach to a safeguardmechanism which could be applied at regular intervals. Poses questionsat two levels at the system level and at the level of the community atlarge.
Journal of Educational Administration – Emerald Publishing
Published: Apr 1, 1992
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