T.B. Greenfield and the Interpretive Alternative

Abstract

An extract from a book manuscript highlighting the specific challenge which Greenfield posed to established thinking. Discusses how the study of education administration has been characterized by attempts to develop a theory which describes, explains and predicts administrative behaviour within the school context. Assesses the contribution of the “theory movement” and Kuhnian concepts; the movement of research towards finding a phenomological alternative to explain administrative behaviour; and the development of interpretive approaches which look towards subjects such as the humanities for a possible solution. In the light of this background discusses in depth the contribution made by T.B. Greenfield to the debate and considers the viability of an interpretive alternative.

Citation

Innes‐Brown, M. (1993), "T.B. Greenfield and the Interpretive Alternative", International Journal of Educational Management, Vol. 7 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/09513549310026967