The document discusses the history of school management in Albania from medieval times to the present. Some of the key points covered include: - Early Albanian rectors in the 15th century helped establish educational institutions in places like Ragusa and Dubrovnik. - During the medieval period, Albanian school leaders faced challenges around issues like using the native language, infrastructure, alphabet, and curriculum. Clerics played an important role in founding the basis of pedagogical thought and managing schools. - In the 15th-16th centuries, school leaders were scientists, philosophers and people dedicated to boosting Albanian culture through education. During this national renaissance period, efforts were made to establish a distinct

1. The history of
school management
in Albania
MSc. Gerion Treska

2. Early Albanian rectors…
Gazuj Family, from Mirdita, Pal
Gazulli was Rector of Ragusa
schools in 1442-1444 and later
on Rector of the schools
Dubrovnik

3. Early Albanian rectors…
Leonik Tomeu, one of the most
enthusiastic scholars of the
Aristotelian school vs the
medieval scholar school
methods and organisation;
Teacher of Nicolas Copernic as
well as other personalities;
He touched all the links of the
educational system by giving his
contribution as Albanian

4. Medieval problematic…
Since in the mediaeval times the Albanian
school leaders evidenced the important
problematic in the education as:
the use of native language,
infrastructure,
alphabet
the quality and quantity of knowledge that was
appropriate to be transmitted in schools.

5. Medieval problematic…
Clerics were the first pioneers of the school
management in Albanian education as well as
in the academic world, as Pestaloci and
Komenski by founding the basis of pedagogical
thought;
Besides the religious activities, clerics started
also educational activities such as teaching,
leading schools, writing textbooks.

6. Albanian clerics…
Pjeter Budi, Buzuku, Lek
Matranga were some of the
Albanian clerics that
pushed forward the
education on native
language by using the most
contemporary philosophies
of leadership of the time;

7. In between Vatican and Ottoman Empire
Schools were mostly under the roof of
religious institutions and infrastructures;
Different interested clerics and imams put
aside the religious objectives and decided to
give the Albanian schools priority by opening
new ones and lobbying for the recognition of
these Albanian institutions of education;
Imam Suzi Prizreni opened an Albanian school
next to the mosque that he was leading;

8. The profile of the leaders…
The leaders of the albanian education i the
XV-XVI centuries were scientist, philosophers,
people of high integrity and great knowledge;
They were very close to the problematic of
school;
Inspired to give boost of quality to the
Albanian culture and prosperity;
The specific characteristic of these leaders,
propaganda!

9. The National Renaissance
The main focus was on the creation of a
distinguished national identity of the albanian
school by overcoming different problematics;
 the thesis: without cultural emancipation of the
Albanian people, where school are very
important, there can be no political or social
emancipation;
The vision: the Albanian school must be laic,
disconnected by religion, inclusive despite the
political or religious differences, and most of all
scientifically democratic.

10. The National Renaissance
Undertaken steps:
One alphabet
Albanian curriculas and textbooks
Redimentioning the role of teachers in the society

11. Albanian education 1920-1944
Main names of these years:
Luigj Gurakuqi, Aleksandër Xhuvani, Ahmet
Duhanxhiu, Jani Minga;
There are three main figures that made a great
contribution:
1. Harry Fulltz, as a director of the technical school;
2. Herbartianism philophy (leadership, instruction
and moral education);
3. Aleksander Xhuvani and Safet Butka.

12. Albanian education during Comunism
Three main tendencies:
1. deny everything from the past, because it is a
dark period of our school
2. Our schools during communism also had
achievements, which have predominated over
gaps and limitations
3. Nothing is black and white, even within a
particular component of the school has
development that should not be denied, but
there are others that should be rejected.

13. Positive steps in communism
 Albanian schools during the communist era has become
strategically important steps forward, in terms of its mass
distribution;
 Big efforts on creating pilot schools based on collectivism
inspiration;
 Efforts were made for the revival of teaching life, school
management, teaching scientific modernization of the
teaching process, the qualification of teachers, to enrich
the material basis - laboratory etc., Served to increase to a
certain extent the level of management in schools.
 In many schools was established a tradition for order,
discipline, maintenance of facilities.

14. Negative aspects
Overindoctrination;
The leading role of the main party making it
one and absolute powerful institution;
Political party criteria of appointment of the
directors of schools;
Closed teaching life, excessive censorship of
foreign literature;

15. What about today???