ON TEACHING EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
- 1 February 1984
- journal article
- Published by Emerald Publishing in Journal of Educational Administration
- Vol. 22 (2) , 223-246
- https://doi.org/10.1108/eb009895
Abstract
This article sets down some thoughts on the teaching of educational administration. It delves briefly into three interrelated aspects which need to be considered by teachers of the subject: the learners and their stages of individual development, their tendency towards dependence, and their needs to master and belong; the setting, particularly such factors as assessment, the inclusion of students from different organizations, and group teaching; the content, specifically how different learning objectives might be met by different teaching approaches and whether reality is a unidimensional concept or always the most efficient approach in learning situations. It is concluded that only when we expect of ourselves what we expect of our students, that is, that performance comes to depend not only on intuitive skill or ‘art’ but also on explainable techniques and procedures, that we will transform a craft into a profession.Keywords
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