ERIC Number: ED320290
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1990
Pages: 247
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ISBN: ISBN-1-55996-144-9
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Pathways to the Humanities in School Administration. Third Edition.
Popper, Samuel H.
Based on the author's experience as a professor of educational administration, this monograph is an argument for establishing a link between the humanities and instruction in school administration. Part 1 discusses the instrumental value of the humanities in administrative preparation and recounts the limitations of past attempts by the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) to incorporate the humanities. Part 2 is a discourse titled "Chester Barnard's Conception of Authority Considered in the Context of Sophocles' Antigone' as Adapted by Jean Anouilh." Part 3 is entitled "Dante's De Monarchia': An Early Italian Renaissance Backdrop for Thinking about Thomas Jefferson's Wall of Separation'." Part 4 discusses art and artists in their role as imagemakers of a zeitgeist and concludes by emphasizing the importance of cultural sensitivity in institutional leadership. Part 5, entitled "Clio's Footprints in the Textbook Literature of Educational Administration," discusses the importance of historiography in understanding thematic trends in the development of textbooks on educational administration. The third edition is enlarged with a new section on Shakespeare that integrates Machiavellian ideas and their impact on Shakespeare's conception of political power, especially on the tetralogy called the Henriad. An extensive bibliography is included. (LMI)
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrator Education, Art History, Culture, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Humanities Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach, Leadership, Liberal Arts, Literary Criticism, Literature Appreciation, Mythology, Organizational Communication, Philosophy
Publications, University Council for Educational Administration, ($13.95 plus postage and handling).
Publication Type: Books; Opinion Papers
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: University Council for Educational Administration.
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