1st Edition
New Foundations for Knowledge in Educational Administration, Policy, and Politics Science and Sensationalism
Edited By Douglas E. Mitchell
Copyright 2006
296 Pages
by
Routledge
296 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
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Routledge
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This book probes the intellectual foundations of scholarly inquiry into educational administration, policy, and politics. The question of whether, and if so how, social science theories and methods contribute to an understanding of these issues is hotly debated today. Is there really a scientific basis for evaluating and/or improving educational administration, politics and policy? The... Read more
Contents: Preface. D.E. Mitchell, Introduction: Dreary Ideas and Exhausted Patience. Part I: Attacks and Rebuttals: The Controversial Status of Social Science Knowledge. M. Nash, The Relationship Between Academic Social Scientists and Educational Policymakers: A Brief Historical Overview. F.I. Ortiz, The Evolution of Educational Administration: The Daniel E. Griffiths' Legacy. B. Rowan, Truth or Consequences? Reflections on the Theory Movement and Its Aftermath in Education. P. Green, Legal Inquiry and Equal Opportunity. Part II: Changing Conceptions of Administration and Policy. R. Heck, Scholarship in Educational Administration: At a Crossroads? G. Furman, "Scientific" Research and Moral Leadership in Schools. Part III: New Directions in Education Politics and Policy Research. K. Wong, The Changing Landscape in School Governance: Proposing a Framework. D. Shipps, The "Science" and Politics of Urban Education Leadership: Toward a Reorienting Narrative. Part IV: Science and Sensationalism: Renewing the Foundations. D.E. Mitchell, Sensational Science. D.E. Mitchell, Coherent Knowledge and Confident Professional Practice.
Biography
Douglas E. Mitchell
"This is quite simply the best description of the development of administrative theory applied to practice that I have read in quite some time… Mitchell takes the reader on a road trip through Plato’s idealism, Aristotle’s empiricism, Sartre’s existentialism, Hegel’s dialectic, Dewey’s pragmatism, and Heidegger’s phenomenology… And along the way, it will engage you in the completeness of a complicated series of actions involving multiple actors." – James E. Murray, PsycCRITIQUES
