The Functions of Research for Educational Administration

Abstract

The question “What is the function of research for educational administration?” requires an answer at at least three different levels. First, at the technical level, its function is to provide the basis for rationalizing the means for the attainment of educational goals, i.e. for the development of technologies of education. Second, at the administrative level, it series the same function in relation to the goals of procuring and mobilizing resources. Third, in each of the above areas, it functions, or at least can function, to identify the objective consequences of adopting certain goals, and certain means of attaining those goals, for the larger structures in which these goals and means are embedded.

Citation

HILLS, J. (1967), "The Functions of Research for Educational Administration", Journal of Educational Administration, Vol. 5 No. 1, pp. 26-35. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb009607