Journal of Educational Administration: Volume 23 Issue 1

PHILOSOPHY AND THE STUDY OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION

DONALD J. WILLOWER

In this paper, which was presented at the second Inter‐American Congress on Educational Administration, held July 29‐August 2, 1984 in Brasilia, DF, Brazil, the author sketches…

PERMANENT PART‐TIME TEACHING: A NEW WAY TO WORK IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS

J.M. WOOD, J. COOPER

This study sought to investigate teacher perceptions of the cost/benefits associated with the introduction of Permanent Part Time Teaching (P.P.T.T.) into a large regional…

PITY THE POOR PROFESSOR OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION: THE PUZZLEMENTS OF KNOWLEDGE AND OF PRACTICE

MARTIN BURLINGAME

Professors of educational administration are being pressed to hold one of three conflicting positions about knowledge and practice. Using Rein's notion of stories, professors are…

THE “AUSTRALIAN” O.C.D.Q.: A DECADE LATER

LAURIE BRADY

In an article titled “The O.C.D.Q.: A Four Factor Solution for Australian Schools?” in an earlier volume of this journal, Thomas and Slater reported a study conducted in 72…

THE EFFECT OF PRINCIPALS ON THE INSTRUCTIONAL PERFORMANCE OF SCHOOLS

RODNEY T. OGAWA, ANN WEAVER HART

A sample of elementary schools and a sample of high schools were employed in a replication of a study conducted on corporations to determine the influence exerted by principals on…

MYTHS, RITUALS AND MEDICINE MEN FOR UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION: AN ANTHROPOLOGICAL CRITIQUE OF THE CASE FOR MARKETING

HELEN M. SUNGAILA

It is over twenty years since March and Simon launched their attack on “classical” organisation theory. At the time their castigation of Gulick and Urwick for enunciating what…

BARKER'S BEHAVIOR SETTING THEORY: A USEFUL CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR RESEARCH ON EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION

S.J. EKLUND, M.M. SCOTT

Research in educational administration is in need of a general theoretical perspective which could be used to guide the development of an empirical base for a comprehensive…

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TEACHER DECISIONAL STATUS AND LOYALTY

GLADYS STYLES JOHNSTON, VITO GERMINARIO

The purposes of this study were (1) to examine the characteristics of teacher involvement in the decision making process in schools; (2) to examine the degree of loyalty to…

“QUIS CUSTODIET IPSOS CUSTODES?”: ALL CURRICULUM POLICY MAKERS POTENTIALLY WEAR BLACK HATS

ALAN SMITHSON

In the Summer 1981 edition of The Journal of Educational Administration James D. Kaminsky published a philosophical analysis of the celebrated “Freedom and Authority Memorandum”…