The postmodern challenge to the theory and practice of educational administration
"This book is designed for college and university programs engaged in the preparation of educational leaders for elementary/secondary schools and college administrative positions."--Jacket
xii, 279 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
9780398073824, 9780398073831, 0398073821, 039807383X
50802731
pt. I. The Postmodern Challenge to Theory in Educational Administration
1. What is Postmodernism?
2. Turnings in Educational Administration: Apostrophic or Catastrophic?
3. What Paradigm Shift? Could Kuhn have been Wrong?
4. The End of the Field of Educational Administration
pt. II. The Postmodern Challenge to the Practice of Educational Administration
5. The ISLLC Standards: The Deskilling and Deprofessionalization of Educational Administrators
6. Deconstructing Research Methods: The Case of Portraiture
7. The Denouement of a Contemporary Management Guru
8. Old Wine in New Bottles: Murphy's Call for a New Center of Gravity in Educational Administration
9. Dumbing Schools Down with Data-Driven Decision Making
10. Hegemony or Harmony? Ending the Theory-Practice Gap
Coda: The Many Meanings of Postmodernism for the Theory and Practice of Educational Administration
The Postmodernist's Pledge