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Witches and Witchfinding in Educational Organizations.
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Lutz, Frank W. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1986
Loosely coupled educational organizations exhibit structural similarities to preliterate societies in their lack of formal leadership and control. The identification of social outsiders as "witches" to explain disasters affecting preliterate societies may have its counterpart in educational organizations when nonconformists are…
Descriptors: Accountability, Conformity, Educational Anthropology, Ethnography
The Administrator-Observer as Policy Maker
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Ramsey, Margaret A. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1975
In processing information for decisionmaking, the educational administrator too often relies on subjective experience or on randomly selected facts. The anthropological approach of participant-observation offers a reasonable middle ground for administrators to use in more effectively organizing activities that revolve around decisionmaking.…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Role, Decision Making, Educational Administration
Hempies and Squeaks, Truckers and Cruisers -- A Participant observer Study in a City High School
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Palonsky, Stuart B. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1975
The author spent four months as a participant observer in an urban, integrated, and innovative high school in order to explore the social world and the social realities of its students. (Author)
Descriptors: Black Students, Drug Abuse, Educational Anthropology, Educational Innovation