Recently, the editorial team of the Malta Review of Educational Research (MRER) organised a well-attended public seminar at the National School of Sports, Pembroke. Entitled ‘Malta’s Experience of Whole System Reform through School Networking: Insights from the Latest Research’, the event was held on the 10th anniversary of the formal launching of the Colleges reform.
The seminar was chaired by Prof. Carmel Borg, Editor of MRER and coordinator of the MRER Project. Prof. Borg emphasised the need for a national research fund aimed at informing education policy and practice.
The seminar was chaired by Prof. Carmel Borg, Editor of MRER and coordinator of the MRER Project. Prof. Borg emphasised the need for a national research fund aimed at informing education policy and practice.
The seminar was introduced by Prof. Godfrey Baldacchino, Pro-Rector for Quality Assurance and International Affairs. Prof. Baldacchino congratulated MRER for its efforts to promote local as well as international research. He called for academics to take up similar initiatives.
The seminar was addressed by the Hon. Evarist Bartolo, Minister for Education and Employment, who discussed the impact of Malta’s micro-state context on education policy formulation and implementation.
The three presenters at the seminar were Dr Mario Cutajar, Dr Denise Mifsud and Dr Sandro Spiteri. Dr Cutajar’s study explored the College reform through four key themes: - collaboration, educational leadership and management, governance and governing, and accountability.
Dr Mifsud’s research looked at how networking unfolded among the various leadership hierarchies in school governance in a Maltese college. This was explored through the performance of policy-mandated collegiality, the circulating relations of power, and leadership distribution.
Dr Spiteri’s work discussed what the networks and vectors of communication and power between the Heads and their line managers, the College Principals, can tell us about the nature and purpose of the Colleges.
Dr Mifsud’s research looked at how networking unfolded among the various leadership hierarchies in school governance in a Maltese college. This was explored through the performance of policy-mandated collegiality, the circulating relations of power, and leadership distribution.
Dr Spiteri’s work discussed what the networks and vectors of communication and power between the Heads and their line managers, the College Principals, can tell us about the nature and purpose of the Colleges.