The Dark Side of the Moon. Leadership and Rationalism in the Formulation and Implementation of Educational Policies

<p>The last big wave of Educational Reforms in Latin America, begins in the eighties and still in course, has meant numerous investments, with loans of the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank that adds several thousands of million dollars into the region.</p><p>Altho...

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Main Author: Alfredo Rojas Figueroa
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid 2018-10-01
Series:Revista Iberoamericana sobre Calidad, Eficacia y Cambio en Educación
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Online Access:https://revistas.uam.es/index.php/reice/article/view/10091
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description <p>The last big wave of Educational Reforms in Latin America, begins in the eighties and still in course, has meant numerous investments, with loans of the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank that adds several thousands of million dollars into the region.</p><p>Although Reforms are processes that require several years in completing, their effects are not yet visible. In the present article it is argued that the weaknesses and insufficiencies are the result of of the human action that supposes that educational and the principals in the schools are going to change practices long installed in the daily life, only by mandate.</p><p>These interpretations supposes that the mandates and the information are "instructive", that produced changes per se, forgetting very important dimensions in the human action and whose consideration would directly lead to give as much importance to the design as to the strategy of implantation of the changes, and that in this strategy, the leadership would play a central rol</p>
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spelling doaj.art-7de20521d62842bb958e2408d1b382482022-12-22T02:00:54ZspaUniversidad Autónoma de MadridRevista Iberoamericana sobre Calidad, Eficacia y Cambio en Educación1696-47132018-10-01448726The Dark Side of the Moon. Leadership and Rationalism in the Formulation and Implementation of Educational PoliciesAlfredo Rojas Figueroa<p>The last big wave of Educational Reforms in Latin America, begins in the eighties and still in course, has meant numerous investments, with loans of the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank that adds several thousands of million dollars into the region.</p><p>Although Reforms are processes that require several years in completing, their effects are not yet visible. In the present article it is argued that the weaknesses and insufficiencies are the result of of the human action that supposes that educational and the principals in the schools are going to change practices long installed in the daily life, only by mandate.</p><p>These interpretations supposes that the mandates and the information are "instructive", that produced changes per se, forgetting very important dimensions in the human action and whose consideration would directly lead to give as much importance to the design as to the strategy of implantation of the changes, and that in this strategy, the leadership would play a central rol</p>https://revistas.uam.es/index.php/reice/article/view/10091reformas educativas, liderazgo, dirección.
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The Dark Side of the Moon. Leadership and Rationalism in the Formulation and Implementation of Educational Policies
Revista Iberoamericana sobre Calidad, Eficacia y Cambio en Educación
reformas educativas, liderazgo, dirección.
title The Dark Side of the Moon. Leadership and Rationalism in the Formulation and Implementation of Educational Policies
title_full The Dark Side of the Moon. Leadership and Rationalism in the Formulation and Implementation of Educational Policies
title_fullStr The Dark Side of the Moon. Leadership and Rationalism in the Formulation and Implementation of Educational Policies
title_full_unstemmed The Dark Side of the Moon. Leadership and Rationalism in the Formulation and Implementation of Educational Policies
title_short The Dark Side of the Moon. Leadership and Rationalism in the Formulation and Implementation of Educational Policies
title_sort dark side of the moon leadership and rationalism in the formulation and implementation of educational policies
topic reformas educativas, liderazgo, dirección.
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