Enlightenment and Redemption: On the Consequences of Two Different Versions of Critical Theory for Educational Administration

Abstract

The Debate over the Nature of Educational AdministrationThe contemporary debate in educational administration is not over what administrators of education actually do. They engage in a wide variety of activities some of which seem more appropriate than others. The debate is over what administrators of education should do.Prior to the 1950s, there was no predominant theoretical account of which activities were appropriate for this kind of administration. The common conception was that educational administrators were senior educators who had shown some ability and, perhaps, had some charisma or capacity for administration. Any normative standards associated with this conception Mind.