Centering Educational Administration: Cultivating Meaning, Community, Responsibility » (1st Edition)

Rather than discussing the component activities of the educational administrator—decision making, delegating responsibility, etc.<-- >Starratt (Boston College) argues that what is fundamental to educational administration is the cultivation of meaning, community, and responsibility. These themes, he suggests, necessarily bring sociological and philosophical perspectives into the conversation and he attempts to elucidate these concerns as they apply to the substance of administrative work in education. He treats these themes in relation to the debate over the American national curriculum and within the organizational and institutional contexts of individual schools. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR