INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

Course Code: ME 1102 • Study year: I • Academic Year: 2022-2023
Domain: Education Sciences - Masters • Field of study: Educational management
Type of course: Compulsory
Language of instruction: English
Erasmus Language of instruction: English
Name of lecturer: Letiția Muntean - Trif
Seminar tutor: Letiția Muntean - Trif
Form of education Full-time
Form of instruction: Class
Number of teaching hours per semester: 42
Number of teaching hours per week: 3
Semester: Autumn
Form of receiving a credit for a course: Grade
Number of ECTS credits allocated 5

Course aims:

Acquisition by the students of knowledge and skills regarding the implementation modalities of training issues, organization of school activities;
Acquisition by the students of knowledge and skills regarding the implementation modalities of training issues, organization of school activities;
Acquisition by the students of knowledge and skills regarding the implementation modalities of training issues, organization of school activities;

Course Entry Requirements:

Basic knowledge in the fundaments of pedagogy.

Course contents:

 Theoretical, conceptual approach: Educational structures, organizations, institutions and systems  The school’s specific as an organization. Organizational culture. Structural elements. Contents of the school’s culture: artefacts, perspectives, values and norms of the school, prerequisites.  Typologies of school organization  School organization climate. Term dellimitations. Elements influencing the school organization  Management of change in school institutions. Change and innovation in education. School reform as a type of change

Teaching methods:

Lecture, conversation, exemplification.

Learning outcomes:

Through the study of the discipline students are expected to be able to:  utilize correctly and in varied contexts the terminology specific to school organization from the perspective of educational management;  explain the main theories regarding organizations;  analyze the contents of the school culture;  analyze comparatively the effects of management styles on the school climate quality;  exemplify methods of investigating the organizational climate quality;

Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:

Written paper – interpretative essay – 60%; continuous assessment – 40%.

Recommended reading:

Alecu Marin S., Dezvoltarea organizaţiei şcolare – repere teoretice şi metodologice, Editura Didactică şi Pedagogică R. A., Bucureşti; , 2007
Bocoș, Mușata, Răduț-Taciu, Ramona, Chiș, Olga,, Tratat de management educațional pentru învățământul primar și preșcolar, Editura Paralela 45 , 2015
Iosifescu, Ş., Manual de management educaţional, Editura ProGnosis, , 2000
Iosifescu, Ş.,, Elemente de management strategic şi proiectare, Colecţia Educaţia 2000+, Editura Corint, Bucureşti , 2000
Iosifescu, Ş., Management educaţional pentru instituţiile de învăţământ, Editura Tipogrup press, , 2001