Legacy of Educational Administration : A Historical Analysis of an Academic Field.
Title:
Legacy of Educational Administration : A Historical Analysis of an Academic Field.
Author:
Oplatka, Izhar.
ISBN:
9783653009361
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (212 pages)
Contents:
Table of content -- Introduction 9 -- Chapter One: Identities and boundaries: The structure of academic fields 15 -- The essence of the university 15 -- From 'pure' to applied knowledge 18 -- The discipline: An intimate arena of knowledge production 21 -- Disciplinary boundaries: An artificial or a real identity? 24 -- Summary 27 -- Chapter Two: The foundation and development of EA as a field of study 29 -- From foundation to 'scientification' 30 -- Epistemological issues in the field 38 -- The search for a knowledge base 42 -- Summary 45 -- Chapter Three: The period of academic institutionalisation 47 -- Core areas of study 51 -- Prominent areas of study 65 -- Marginal topics/areas of study 72 -- Summary: The legacy of the 1960s and 1970s 75 -- Chapter Four: The years of epistemological expansion 77 -- Core areas of study 81 -- Prominent areas of study 94 -- Marginal areas of study 102 -- Summary: The legacy of the 1980s 105 -- Chapter Five: A time of knowledge explosion 107 -- Core areas of study 111 -- Prominent areas of study 123 -- Minor areas of study 135 -- Summary: The legacy of the 1990s 138 -- Chapter Six: Leadership, leadership and more leadership 141 -- Core areas of study 145 -- Prominent areas of study 161 -- Marginal areas of study 164 -- Summary: The legacy of the 2000s 166 -- Chapter Seven: The dynamics, identity and legacies of the field 169 -- The dynamics of the field 169 -- What is EA anyway? 173 -- The distinctive identity of EA: Present and future 181 -- References 185 -- Sources 193.
Abstract:
In light of attempts to trace the philosophical and historical foundations of educational administration as an academic field of study that is concerned with the management and operation of educational organisations, this book aims at reviewing important epistemological developments in this field since the early 1960s. Specifically, the author poses several questions, such as what counts as the field of educational administration and what is this field in each decade since the early 1960s? What is the knowledge base of educational administration? What is its unique identity? And what are the types of publications and the methodological tools used throughout the years by the field's members? Based on a qualitative content analysis of the field's various academic journals since the appearance of the first journal, the author identifies six legacies - empirical, practical, evaluative, training, ideological and critical that the field leaves behind in our time.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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