The Professional Preparation and Development of Educational Administrators in Commonwealth Developing Areas. A Symposium (Barbados, August 26-30, 1985).

This document comprises 14 presented papers and related conference materials from a symposium on the Professional Preparation and Development of Educational Administrators in Developing Areas with Emphasis on the Commonwealth Caribbean, conducted in August, 1985. The presentations were divided into three basic areas. Four papers addressed the first area, "Educational Administration in General": "Education and Dependence: Implications for Educational Administration in Latin America and the Caribbean," by Benno Sander; "Assessing Effectiveness in the Field of Professional Preparation Programmes in Educational Administration," by William Mulford; "The Place of Theory in the Training of Educational Administrators," by Tony Riffel; and "The Instructional Process in Educational Administration: The Case Methods Approach," by Gwendoline Williams. In the second area, "Educational Administration in Developing Areas," three papers were presented: "Graduate Programmes in Education Administration in Developing Areas," by Jotham Olembo; "Learning Resources in the Training of Third World Educational Administrators," by Susie Rodwell; and "Women in Educational Administration in Third World Countries," by Usha Nayar. The third area of focus was "Educational Administration in Developing Areas: Commonwealth Caribbean"; seven papers were presented in this area: "Towards a Gender-Inclusive Theory of Educational Administration for the Third World," by Lynn Davies; "Critical Issues in the Professional Preparation and Development of Educational Administrators in Developing Areas," by Earle H. Newton; "The Delivery of Professional Preparation and Development Programmes for School Administrators: The Commonwealth Caribbean," by David G. Marshall; "Nature and Needs in the Field of Educational Administration in the Commonwealth Caribbean," by Errol Miller; "Managing Systems in the Caribbean," by Rudolph Goodridge; "Management Information Systems as a Tool for Educational Administrators in the Commonwealth Caribbean," by Jack Heuvel; and "Sociological Issues in the Preparation of Educational Administrators in Developing Areas with Special Reference to the Caribbean," by Anthony Layne. This conference report also includes a preface by Marshall, one of the symposium's coordinators; an opening address by Billie A. Miller, the Minister of Education and Culture for Barbados; and appendixes consisting of materials announcing the symposium and the symposium's schedule. (PGD)