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,