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Considerable use is now made of information technology in the management of Victorian Schools due partly to the early efforts of individual teachers, but more to Education Ministry central initiatives. This paper traces the use of computers in school management and the issues raised. One such issue is the feeling amongst a number of educators that IT is being used to force schools to adopt centrally determined administrative procedures, rather than to provide flexible structures to assist them to manage themselves. Planned future directions for school education, especially the ‘Schools of the Future’ project, make the increased use of IT essential in managing schools. What computer-based management systems are currently available, and how schools make use of these systems is demonstrated in case studies. A major problem identified is the lack of adequate available in-service training.
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Tatnall, A. (1995). Information technology and the management of Victorian schools — providing flexibility or enabling better central control?. In: Barta, BZ., Telem, M., Gev, Y. (eds) Information Technology in Educational Management. ITEM 1994. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-34839-1_13
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