TY  - JOUR
AB  - Sound administrative theory and research may ultimately provide the knowledge whereby administrative leaders in education can function most effectively. Such knowledge will never tell us, however, whether it is desirable to take a particular administrative action in any society at any time. Thus, an administrator should understand his personal philosophical foundations and value system, and do his best to construct a philosophical position that is as consistent and logical as possible. Five such positions, reconstructionism, experimentalism, idealism, realism, and existentialism, can serve as guidelines. Each position, whether it is basically progressivistic or essentialistic, has a reasonably distinct approach to the nature of reality, educational aims and objectives, and the educative process. The development of language analysis as philosophy's most important contribution to man is discussed briefly. A self‐evaluation check list has been developed, which may be employed by an administrator to assess his present philosophy of educational administration.
VL  - 6
IS  - 2
SN  - 0957-8234
DO  - 10.1108/eb009624
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb009624
AU  - ZEIGLER EARLE F.
PY  - 1968
Y1  - 1968/01/01
TI  - The Employment of Philosophical Analysis to Supplement Administrative Theory and Research
T2  - Journal of Educational Administration
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 132
EP  - 151
Y2  - 2024/05/05
ER  -