The Oxford Encyclopedia of Educational Administration

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Educational Administration covers more than 125 topics on educational administration, management, and leadership, and features authors from six continents. The articles provide a critical examination of the history, progress, direction, and debates in the field, surveying developments and tensions, and discussing important contributors and contributions. The Encyclopedia will be an essential resource for both scholars of educational leadership and educational leaders themselves.

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Educational Administration is a first-of-its-kind transnational survey of the field of educational administration and leadership. The Encyclopedia''s 125+ overview articles, written and reviewed by recognized scholars from around the world, are intended for professors, practitioners, and university-level readers, including advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers in education and adjacent fields. The articles provide a critical examination of the history, progress, direction, and debates about perspectives in a given topic, surveying developments and tensions, and discussing important contributors and contributions. Authors were sought to cover the breadth of schools/universities and leadership practices at both the micro and macro levels, from theories of administration, management, and leadership to practices in specific contexts. The Encyclopedia provides a wide breadth of concepts and themes in the hopes of serving the complex world of practitioners and research scholars with courage, curiosity, and imagination.