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Maddock, Trevor H. – Journal of Educational Administration, 1994
Questions whether materialist pragmatism is more coherent than alternative accounts of educational administration. The criteria provided by materialist pragmatists lack overall coherence; there is no way to choose between first- and second-order theories. Arguments against separation of factual and evaluative realms are unconvincing, and…
Descriptors: Behaviorism, Coherence, Educational Administration, Educational Philosophy