Journal of Educational Administration: Volume 25 Issue 1

THE JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION: THE FIRST TWENTY‐FIVE YEARS

A. ROSS THOMAS

With this issue The Journal of Educational Administration commences its twenty‐fifth year of publication. Just five years ago, on the occasion of its twentieth year of…

INQUIRY INTO EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION: THE LAST TWENTY‐FIVE YEARS AND THE NEXT

DONALD J. WILLOWER

Some trends in thought and research over the past 25 years in educational administration are explored. Then some suggestions concerning work that could become part of the research…

HUMOUR OF PRINCIPALS AND ITS IMPACT ON TEACHERS AND THE SCHOOL

CHARLES BURFORD

In a paper presented to the U.C.E.A. Conference on Thought and Research in Educational Administration held in honour of Professor Dan Griffiths, Professor Donald Willower drew the…

PRINCIPALLY SPEAKING: AN ANALYSIS OF THE INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS OF SCHOOL PRINCIPALS

PAUL V. BREDESON

Communication in any organization is a complex phenomenon. Public schools are people‐centered enterprises in which the primary tasks of teaching and learning are accomplished…

THE INFLUENCE OF SUPERINTENDENTS ON THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS

ANN WEAVER HART, RODNEY T. OGAWA

It is often assumed that administrators exert an influence on the performance of their organizational units. While there is mounting evidence regarding the influence exerted by…

CRITICAL THEORY AND EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION

GABRIELE LAKOMSKI

Among recent criticisms levelled against traditional administrative theory those raised by adherents to the Critical Theory perspective have gained considerable influence. This…

ONE HUNDRED DISSERTATIONS: A REVIEW OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND MORALE RESEARCH PROJECT

KEVIN R. SMITH

Graduate students of the University of New England (U.N.E.) during the period 1970–1984 wrote one hundred dissertations on morale in a wide variety of educational institutions…

TRENDS AND ISSUES IN EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT IN ENGLAND AND WALES

MEREDYDD G. HUGHES

An indication is given of recent developments of management training provision in relation to schools and further and higher education in England and Wales. As Local Education…