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Evers, Colin W.; Lakomski, Gabriele – Journal of Educational Administration, 1994
Replies to Trevor Maddock's philosophical critique of the authors' work. Explains authors' attempts to develop a new science of administration that incorporates values and human subjectivity and a new view of knowledge termed "naturalistic coherentism." Science is still being equated with a positivist version of empiricism. Maddock…
Descriptors: Behaviorism, Coherence, Educational Administration, Educational Philosophy

Evers, Colin W. – Journal of School Leadership, 1998
Explores implications for understanding educational decision making from a cognitive science perspective. Examines three models of mind providing the methodological framework for decision-making studies. The "absent mind" embodies the behaviorist research tradition. The "functionalist mind" underwrites traditional cognitivism…
Descriptors: Behaviorism, Brain, Cognitive Processes, Decision Making