QUALITY IN EDUCATION ACCORDING TO THE TEACHINGS OF DEMING AND FEUERSTEIN

The successful transformation of education to a system of continuous i mprovement requires a simultaneous paradigm shift on the part of manag ers and administrators, with respect to how schools and school systems are managed, and teachers, parents and students with respect to how c lassroom experiences are organized and managed. The practices and theo ries advocated by W. Edwards Deming, proven so successful in industry have been applied also to the operation of schools. The theory and pra ctices for learning, applied originally to help the learning disabled have also been used to advantage with ordinary and gifted students. Co mbining these two approaches will lead to more powerful synergies.