Supports greater governmental control of the Nigerian education system and a state takeover of voluntary (parochial) schools that is based on mutual agreement. Voluntary agencies and private individuals should, however, be allowed, within the broad framework of government regulations, to own and run their own schools. (Author/IRT)

We do not have to make "illumined choices" as Riffel insists, because neither the phenomenological style of inquiry nor theory generation nor hermeneutic and critical science exists well without the others. (Author/IRT)

Argues that the criticism made of the centre periphery model of curriculum development fails to distinguish between two distinct stages of development--materials production and materials distribution. The latter has not been implemented effectively. Argues for rationalization of curriculum development on a national basis. (Author/IRT)

Uses outcomes of case study research in socioeconomically disadvantaged education contexts to examine accomplishments of (Australian) educators who have significantly affected their communities' quality of life. Highly successful classroom practitioners' work has some connection with prominent educational leadership theories. Questions approaches…

Presents a rationale for graduate students' use of semistructured interviews to enhance the interpretation of data derived from questionnaire returns. The writer experienced deeper understanding of the data and intense satisfaction with results when using this technique in a research project involving new teachers. Includes eight references. (MLH)

Highlights the career and professional accomplishments of Donald J. Willower, a professor of education at Pennsylvania State University. His empirical studies have examined school cultures, the place of student control, and administrator and teacher attitudes and behavior. He strongly advocates qualitative research methods and espouses a pragmatic…

To guide organizational administration in an unfamiliar culture, the administrator must respond to the new environment and initiate appropriate practices. Traditional cultural dominance models must yield to exchanges depending on mutual understanding and acceptance. Cultural synergy is an interactive model combining two or more cultures…

Presents a personal review of conditions influencing educational administration's well-being in developing countries. Discusses some forgotten influences, such as myths, external pressures, the selection of appropriate policies and strategies, personnel and training programs, and professional support problems. The greatest sin of commission is…

The mindscapes (views) of "mystics,""neats," and "scruffies" in relating to educational administration and professional practice resemble a "non-science,""applied science," and "craft-like science," respectively. Examined is the suggestion that current preparation and inservice programs for educational administrators could be wrong. (31…

Morgan Gareth's "Images of Organization" demonstrates how many conventional ideas about organization and management are built upon taken-for-granted images and how metaphor can generate new ways of thinking about organization. Metaphor can be a practical tool for diagnosing organizational problems. (five references) (SI)

Presents the first William Walker Oration given to the the New England Association for Educational Administration in Armidale, Australia. Following a history of the establishment of the Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration, the role of leadership in the education system is described; particularly the transformational leadership. (22…

Presented are current statistics and a history of the New Zealand education system from the 1877 Education Act to the Picot Taskforce. Included are reform recommendations made by the Taskforce, particularly specific principal role expectations in the areas of facilitating governance, corporate planning, educational leadership, and management…

This paper explores the nature of the contribution that can be made to administrative theory by recent developments in the philosophy of science and the emerging new views of science: notably, the arguments of Richard Bates and Thomas Greenfield. These emerging views of science can sustain a science of administration that escapes their major…

This editorial introduces the special edition of "The Journal of Educational Administration" that focuses on stress among school administrators. A commonly accepted four-stage stress cycle is posited to organize, synthesize, and contrast the findings. (TE)