The history of educational administration viewed through its textbooks

1 Introduction: A New Profession and a New Textbook Literature 2 From Idea to Ideology: School-Administration Texts, 1820-1914 3 From Ideology to Conventional Wisdom: School-Administration Texts, 1915-1933 4 From Conventional Wisdom to Concept: School-Administration Texts, 1934-1945 5 A Return to Rhetoric: School-Administration Texts, 1946-1955 6 Factualism to Theory, Art to Science: School-Administration Texts, 1955-1985 7 A Retreat from Theory in an Era of Reform: 1985-2000 8 An Overview: School-Administration Texts, 1820-2000 9 References 10 Index 11 About the Authors