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Download full textSergiovanni, Thomas J. – 1981
Educational policy and administration is an applied human science that is a field of both study and practice. As such, it needs a theoretical framework--a theory of practice--for the understanding and informing of administrative practice. A theory of practice would be integrative; would focus on increasing understanding and improving practice, on…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Policy, Models, Organizational Theories
Peer reviewedSergiovanni, Thomas J. – Educational Leadership, 1987
Discusses the need to develop professionalization of teaching and educational administration. Emphasizes the need to shift educational research and practice from a rationalistic to a rational approach. (MD)
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Professional Development
Sergiovanni, Thomas J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1991
Recent attempts to inflate school administrator credentials may have unanticipated negative consequences. As educational administration moves toward becoming a separate profession, administrators focus more on management, leaving teaching and learning (Wilensky's "dirty work") to teachers. The new professionalism should stress shared…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Certification, Collegiality, Credentials
Peer reviewedSergiovanni, Thomas J. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1994
Educational administration must abandon its focus on organization, based on hierarchy, legitimacy, and self-interest and develop its own identity. Families, communities, and friendship networks constitute alternative collections of people. To understand schools as communities, educational administration would need to address new questions,…
Descriptors: Community, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership
Sergiovanni, Thomas J. – 1981
The symbolic rather than the behavioral aspects of leadership are key factors. Research that indicates leaders make little difference to organizational effectiveness has paid too much attention to instrumental and behavioral aspects of leadership and not enough to symbolic and cultural aspects. Schools are not naturally rigid, as is thought, but…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Educational Administration, Leadership, Leadership Effectiveness
Sergiovanni, Thomas J.; Carver, Fred D. – Peabody J Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Bureaucracy, Centralization, Educational Administration
Peer reviewedSergiovanni, Thomas J. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1992
The commentary on this special issue on leadership summarizes the articles and claims that they take a different stance from previous research by legitimizing the subjective realities of practice, emphasizing meaning, and acknowledging the moral as a source of authority for what happens in school. (12 references) (MLF)
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership
Peer reviewedSergiovanni, Thomas J. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1980
Examines how a social humanities (a mix of social science methods and the humanities) view of educational administration might take shape and provides an example of how such a view might be used to improve educational decision making. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Curriculum, Decision Making, Educational Administration, Educational Policy
Sergiovanni, Thomas J. – 2000
This book explores the link between school character and school improvement. It focuses on the construction of a schooling system based on layered loyalties and shared accountability, ideas that build on local initiatives and concerns without compromising the interests of stakeholders. Chapter 1 examines the role that culture plays in providing a…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Educational Administration, Educational Environment
Sergiovanni, Thomas J. – 1999
This collection of articles looks at leadership strategies that are based on ideas, principles, and values rather than bureaucratic processes. The text is divided into three sections. Section 1 describes a morality-based leadership that emphasizes the bringing together of diverse people into a common cause. The section focuses on administering as…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Instructional Leadership
Peer reviewedSergiovanni, Thomas J. – Journal of Educational Administration, 1989
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…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Education, Administrator Qualifications, Educational Administration
Sergiovanni, Thomas J. – 1993
Educational administration has been shaped by the metaphor of organization. From organizational and management theory, and from economics, the parent of organizational theory, educational administration has borrowed definitions of quality, productivity, and efficiency; strategies to achieve them; and theories of human nature and motivation.…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Community, Educational Administration, Educational Change
Peer reviewedSergiovanni, Thomas J. – Urban Review, 1991
Reviews "Preparing School Administrators for Democratic Authority" by Richard A. Quantz et al. Discusses preparing administrators to be more reflective of the moral implications of their practice, making the link between theory and practice more informed and deliberate. Describes the master's program for principals at Trinity University…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Administrative Principles, Administrator Education, Educational Administration
Sergiovanni, Thomas J. – 1987
The reflective practice of principalship differs from other ways of practicing principalship by viewing the principal's problems as unique rather than as standard problems susceptible to standardized solutions. This book provides information, raises questions, and considers the complexities of school problems, all as raw material for the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrative Principles, Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Change
Sergiovanni, Thomas J. – 2001
This book addresses the concepts, values, principles, and practices of the principalship. Its five major themes are as follows: (1) toward a new theory; (2) providing leadership; (3) building community; (4) the development of human resources; and (5) the moral dimension. Chapter titles reflect its contents: (1) "Views of the Principal's…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrator Guides, Beginning Principals, Change Strategies
