The Pedagogic Principal

by Rodney Evans

Overview

Using an innovative research strategy including empirical, interpretive, and narrative strands, Rod Evans reorients studies of educational administration that have been dominated by organizational theory originating in the world of industry and commerce. Building on a foundation of pedagogical and phenomenological inquiry, he examines administrators concrete, lived experience, orlifeworld practice. In reconstituting educational administration as pedagogical practice, Evans draws conclusions with profound implications for schools and administrators of every stripe.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138465398
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/15/2017
Series:	International Institute for Qualitative Methodology Series
Pages:	178
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 ::; Chapter 2 Methodological Reflections; Chapter 3 Lifeworld Stories of Educational Administration; Chapter 4 Reflections on the Strong Readings; Chapter 5 Cultivating Pedagogical Tactfulness in Principals; Chapter 6 Educational Administration as Pedagogic Practice; Chapter 101 Afterword; Chapter 102 Theses;

Editorial Reviews

"This work compares importantly with that of other path-breaking studies in educational administration, such as those by Foster, Bates, Greenfield, and Hodgkinson. .[It] is a strong foundation for much needed research applications to the lifeworld of management-research that throws a new light on possibilities of leadership practice." -Max van Manen, Univerity of Alberta

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