In response to the challenges of globalization and local development, educational reforms are inevitably becoming one of the major trends in the Asia-Pacific Region or other parts of the world. Based on the most recent research and international observations, this book aims to present a new paradigm including various new concepts, frameworks and theories for reengineering education. It can provide educators, school leaders and practitioners, educational officials, change agents, researchers, and policy-makers with a comprehensive new perspective to implement educational reforms, enhance leadership, and change school management in a context of globalization, localization and individualization.

This book has 21 chapters in three sections. Section I "New Paradigm of Educational Reform" including eight chapters, illustrates the new paradigm and frameworks of reengineering education, fostering human development and analysing reform policies and also discusses the trends and challenges of educational reforms in the Asia-Pacific Region.

Section II "New Paradigm of Educational Leadership" with five chapters aims to elaborate how the nature, role and practice of school leadership can be transformed towards a new paradigm and respond to the three waves of education reforms.

Section III "Reengineering School Management for Effectiveness" with eight chapters aims to provide various practical frameworks for reengineering school management processes and implementing changes in school practices.

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Professor Yin Cheong CHENG is the President of the Asia-Pacific Educational Research Association (APERA). He is also the head of the Asia-Pacific Centre for Education Leadership and School Quality of the Hong Kong Institute of Education.

He has published internationally 14 academic books and 190 book chapters and academic journal articles on education effectiveness, paradigm shift in education, and management reform. Among his books, School Effectiveness and School-based Management: A Mechanism for School Development has been published in four language editions. Some of his publications have been translated into Chinese, Hebrew, Korean, Spanish, Czech, and Thailand languages. He was the chief editor of the Asia Pacific Journal of Teacher Education and Development six years and is at present serving on the advisory boards of 9 international journals.

Prof. Cheng's research has won him a number of international awards and recognition including the Awards for Excellence from the Literati Club in UK in 1994, 1996-98, 2001 and 2004. In recent few years, Prof. Cheng has been invited to give over 30 keynote/plenary speeches by national and international organizations such as APEC, UNESCO, UNICEF, ICER, ICSEI (Australia, Hong Kong and Canada), International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO), Ford Foundation (US, Africa), etc.

Inhalt
New Paradigm for Education Reform.- New Paradigm for Education Reforms: Globalization, Localization, and Individualization.- Three Waves of Education Reform: Internal, Interface, and Future.- Fostering Local Knowledge and Human Development in Globalization of Education.- A Theory of Self-learning in a Networked Human and IT Environment.- Economic Considerations in Education Reforms and Policymaking.- A Comprehensive Framework for Analysis of Education Reform Policy.- Education Reforms in the Asia-Pacific Region: Trends, Challenges, and Research.- Education Reforms Towards the Third Wave: The Case of Hong Kong.- New Paradigm for Educational Leadership.- New Paradigm of School Leadership.- School Leadership and Three Waves of Education Reforms.- Leadership for Strategic Management and Action Learning.- Leadership and School Performance.- Characteristics of Principals' Leadership and Influence of Societal Culture.- Re-engineering School Management for Effectiveness.- Evaluating School Effectiveness.- Monitoring Education Quality at Multi-levels.- Studying Cultural Factors in Educational Effectiveness.- Managing Teacher Effectiveness.- Implementing Multi-level Self-management in Schools.- Reengineering Total Home-school Partnership.- Managing Parental Involvement in Education with a New Framework.- Managing School Crisis with Multiple Perspectives.