國家教育研究院

　　本研究旨在英國教育行政機構在中央與地方層級近幾年來機構屬性的變革，從2005年英國在2005年教育法(Education Act 2005)通過後，即把自1902年起就開始運作的「地方教育局」(Local Educational Authorities, LEAs)，與兒童服務、健康照護業務整併，以「地方當局」(Local Authorities, LAs)稱之，並多以「兒童服務處」(Children Service Division)之創新組織（少數冠以【兒童及青少年服務】【Children and Young People Service】名稱行之），於英格蘭各地辦理地方教育，除接續原有之LEAs業務外，亦推動兒童與青少年的福利服務工作。以及2007年中央原有的「教育與技能部」(Department for Education and Skill, DfES) 被調整為「兒童、學校與家庭部」(Department for Children, Schools and Families, DCSF)與「創新、大學與技能部」(Department for Innovations, Universities and Skills, DIUS)，後者組織又於2009年6月更名為「商業、創新與技能部」(Department for Business, Innovations and Skills, DBIS)，企圖結合高等教育的成效與商業競爭的各項需求，並對教育行政部會進行組織的革新。這種在短短1年時間，即對中央層級的教育行政機構進行改革，其背後特定因素與政策思維若能有效的分析，亦必能有助於我國思考相關政策時累積其廣度。因此，本計畫預定以兩年的時間，針對上述教育行政機構的變革，以田野調查的方式分三期至英國進行實地的觀察與訪談，分別針對行政場域實地運作予以觀察記錄，並向國會議員、中央/地方行政官員、民間團體、政黨智庫等重要政策參與者實施訪談，期能以文件之分析與實地實徵資料的蒐集，勾勒出此波行政機構創新改革之實際意涵，以為我國教育實施之參考。

　　This study is to explore the educational innovations based on local and cabinet level administrations in England since 2005. In 2005, Local Educational Authorities, established in 1902 and were in charge of local educational affairs, were replaced by Local Authorities with Children Service Division and combine children care doing a whole new educational management. At cabinet level, Department for Education and Skill were replaced by Department for Children, Schools and Families, and Department for Innovations, Universities and Skills in 2007. The later one recently was replaced by Department for Business, Innovations and Skills in 2009. Those changes mostly withdraw higher education administration from traditional department and made a forward step combining with business need by promoting the concept of innovation. Thus, the above reforms offer a great opportunity for us in terms of the flexibility and autonomy of educational administration. Field research will be adopted as one of the main approaches to get acquainted with those policy changes and making. By doing so, the serial in-depth interviews with MPs, officers both at local and cabinet level, interesting groups, and thinking tank will be arranged. The field data will go with documental analysis and find out the reliable results.