Science, systems, and theoretical alternatives in educational administration: The road less travelled

Journal of Educational Administration

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-75

  Evers, Colin W ^a   Lakomski, Gabriele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chaos theory; Coherentism; Critical theory; Educational administration; Empiricism; Epistemology; Ethics; Philosophy; Postmodernism; Science; Subjectivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856182106     PISSN: 09578234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09578231211196069     Document Type: Article

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