Educational Administration and Leadership Theoretical Foundations [Hardcover]

This volume provides diverse perspectives and paradigms in educational administration and leadership. Focusing on particular philosophical and theoretical schools of thought, it traces the contemporary history of debates in the field while also exploring emerging, non-traditional schools for insight and potential contributions to educational administration in multi-cultural contexts. It critically examines trends and issues in society and their impact on educational theory, and gives an overview of the scholarly study of organizations, administration, and leadership to develop introductory understandings of significant concepts and theories.

Introduction Paul Newton and David BurgessPart I: Antecedents and Debates1. Examining the Antecedents of Methodological Diversity in Contemporary Educational Administration David Burgess and Paul Newton 2. Toward the Fifth Age: The Continuing Evolution of Academic Educational Administration Derek J. Alison 3. Thomas Greenfield and the Foundations of Educational AdministrationAugusto Riveros 4. Critical Theory in Educational Administration: An Overview of the FieldRenate Kahlke 5. Feminist Thought and / in Educational Administration: Conceptualising the IssuesDawn Wallin 6. PostmodernismDeborah Hicks 7. Naturalistic CoherentismMadeline M. Press Part II: Diverse Perspectives8. Critical RealismRobin Mueller 9. Cognition and Administrative Practices in EducationAugusto Riveros 10. Sociological Approaches to Educational Administration and Leadership Scott Eacott 11. Cultural Perspectives on SchoolingPamela Timanson and Jos? da Costa 12. Daoist Perspectives on Educational LeadershipTram Truong Anh Nguyen 13. Rethinking Conceptions of First Nations Educational Leadership and EthicsGerald Fallon and l#