The process of building knowledge in the area of management in education has started recently. That is why we are still searching for adequate concepts and ways of conceptualizing its main ideas. There are some difficulties in this process and the most important one is lack of specific educational theories and concepts of school management. The paper presents an attempt to point out the idea of organizational culture as proper for the area of management in education. Selective review of different theories of organizational culture is focused on finding such elements that can be useful in the process of building specific knowledge of management in education.

All educational institutions struggle with new conditions in which they operate. Changing context of school functioning is connected with dramatic civilization transformations. In order to effective operating and to realizing tasks, schools and other institutions need to be aware of new challenges. Systemic weaknesses however make it difficult. Defining priorities and preparing staff able to provide educational management are two very urgent needs.

The interest for multidisciplinary teams began in the 90’s of the past century. This interest stemmed from shifting the focus from activities consisting on “providing care” to increased focus on individuals (clients) that benefit from widely understood social assistance system. The issue of interdisciplinary teams is well described in the literature related to health care and social assistance, however there are not many publications in the field of education that explore the problem. The main goal of this article is the analysis based on literature and experiences coming from the activity of interdisciplinary teams in schools, of the possibilities of this type of work organization in school and the analysis of factors that influence its efficiency.

One of the EU educational priorities is the increasing of international mobility of the students and graduates starting their professional life. That priority is based on a assumption that intercultural experience is important factor of European integration; might support better knowing of others and also decreases prejudices and xenophobic attitudes. Psychological and developmental aspects of the international mobility of youth and young adults are presented in this paper. The developmental benefits and threats of the participation in exchange projects are underlined. This paper includes also practical conclusions concerning preparation of the candidates for mobility in order to decrease possibility of failure and threats for development.

The article is to introduce specific character of management in education in respect to  transformation of organization culture to develop educational innovations. In the result comes the conclusion that, the process of transformation can be effective only when teachers understand their professional role correctly and so they focus on educational goal.

Managing an activity requires to specify goal which management (and activity) should serve. This, how the goal is specified and how values lying behind the goal are understand determine undertaken actions. In article, the method of recognising understanding of education’s value is presented and it’s applied to evaluate educational legal acts. General conclusion of research is that the main values in important educational legal acts are not defined in field of education.

The widespread use of information and communication technologies (ICT) nowadays provokes  reflection on the teacher’s professional role in the education process. The transformation of the teacher’s role from the traditional one which perceives teaching only as a way of transmitting knowledge, to the new approach in which the teacher is seen as a mentor helping students in their autonomous human progress, seems to be a very important issue in the management of education. The process depends on the variety of factors. The author presents the results of research conducted among the teachers in one of Polish secondary schools. The results show relation between willingness of taking the new role in teaching and the level of ICT knowledge. The understanding of threats brought by ICT and the Internet to education is also an important factor.

The thesis brings up the importance of the role of the socio-moral norms in the management of education for students’ development. Research about intellectual property (concerning cheating, plagiarism and fraudulent conversion in education) has been carried by the author. The research has been done in a group of students, parents and teachers. The results of the research confirm the issue the in reality.

Contemporary global economy depends on different forms and sources of energy. New EU legislation, implemented in 2008, introduces common certification of buildings in all EU countries. This initiative may became a chance for Polish schooling system because thanks to improvement of the effectiveness of energy usage the new financial resources may appear. Main goal of the research presented in this paper was defining the level of awareness and motivation of school principals’ decisions.