The history of educational administration viewed through its textbooks
By: Thomas Glass, with Robert Mason ... [et al.]
Publisher: ScarecrowEducation
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: School management and organization -- United States -- History; Textbooks -- United States -- History; School administrators -- Training of -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-152) and index
Table of contents: value: Introduction, a new profession and a new textbook; value: From idea to ideology : school administration texts, 1820-1914; value: From ideology to conventional wisdom : school administration texts, 1915-1933; value: From conventional wisdom to concept : school administration texts, 1934-1945; value: A return to rhetoric : school administration texts, 1946-1955; value: Factualism to theory, art to science : school administration texts, 1955-1985; value: A retreat from theory in an era of reform, 1985-2000; value: An overview, school administration texts, 1820-2000