THEORIES AND PRACTICE OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION & MANAGEMENT

UGANDA MARTYRS UNIVERSITY – FACULTY OF EDUCATION
MASTERS OF EDUCATION PROGRAMME
Mr. Tebaese Christopher [ctebaese@umu.ac.ug/chrissybtc2011@gmail.com] 0775/0700-495625/0775-495672
ADM 5105 THEORIES AND PRACTICE OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT.
Contact Hours 150; Credit Units 10
Course Description:
The course provides educators with foundation knowledge of the continuous improvement approach to educational administration and management. Both theory and practice are emphasized with a focus on strategic administration techniques and methods. The course will enable students to use tools that facilitate effective administration and teamwork among various educational stakeholders, such as students, educators and community interest groups. Students will engage in classroom discussion, student presentations and written assignments.

Course Objective:
This course is intended to serve as an introduction to graduate level study of educational administration and management. Our main task will be to identify and explore important concepts, theories and problems in the administration and management of educational institutions. Attention will be paid to the institutional settings for the study and practice of educational administration and management in Uganda. However, the course will be primarily concerned with ideas that have general currency within the field as a whole. While practical concerns of participants will be addressed as and when appropriate, the course will primarily concentrate on theoretical considerations.

Learning Outcomes:
On successful completion of this course, the student should be able to: Define the concept of Administration, describe an Administrator and explain the meaning of Educational Administration; Explain what an organisation is, differentiate between formal and informal organisations and specify the principle of organisation; Explain the scientific management theory, describe the human relations theory and effectively discuss the Behaviouralist/Rationalist approach to administration; Apply the theories of bureaucracy and describe the theory and process of decision making in administration; and Understand the meaning of school administration, discuss the task and roles of the principal, explain the application of administrative instrument such as authority, power, responsibility and delegation and discuss the administration of student services, control and discipline in schools.

Written Assignments:
During the course of the semester you will submit four 3-paged assignments which will count for 50% of your total course mark. At the end of the course, you will sit for a final written examination of 3-hours duration, accounting to 50%.
Teaching and Learning Materials:
1. The Nature and Purpose of Administration: The Concept of Administration; The Concept of Educational Administration and Management; The Relevance of Motivation in Administration. Principles and Practice in Organizations: The Concept of Organizations; Types of Organizations; Principles of Organizations; and Organizational Conflicts.
2. Historical trends in the Development of Administration: Emergence of Administrative Theories in Educational Administration; The Scientific Management Movement: Implications on Educational System; The Human Relations Perspective; and the Behaviouralist/Rationalist Perspective of Administration; TQM in education.
3. Theories of Bureaucracy and the Concept of Administrative Instruments: Characteristics and Theories of bureaucracy; Delegation and its Consequences; and Advantages and Disadvantages of Bureaucracy; and the concept of administrative instruments: power, authority and delegation
4. The Concept and Theories of Decision Making in Administration: Four Basic Strategies of Decision Making; and The Process of Decision Making.
5. School Administration: The Concept of School Administration; Principal-ship – Tasks and Roles; Communication; and Qualities Desired of a School Administrator. Administration and Control of Student Services: The Concept of Student Services; Discipline and Control of Students; Student Wealth Services; and Guidance and Counseling Services. School-Community Relations in Administration: The Concept of School and the Community; Relationships between the School and the Community; and Ways of Promoting School-Community Relations; School Records.
Sample Reading List:

1. Bascia, A. Cumming, A. Datnow, Paechter, C., 2003. Power/Knowledge, Gender and Curriculum Change. Journal of Educational Change. 4(2), 129.
2. Ghasemy, M. and Hussin, S. 2014. Theories of Educational Management and Leadership: A Review. University of Malaysia.
3. Hatcher, R., 2005. The Distribution of Leadership and Power in Schools. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 26(2), 253-26.
4. Joshee, R., and Johnson, L., 2005. Multicultural Education in the United States and Canada: The Importance of National Policies.
5. Ryan, J., 2003. Leading Diverse Schools. Dordrecht: Kluwer. Chapter 3.
6. Waks, L., 2003. How Globalisation Can Cause Fundamental Curriculum Change: An American Perspective. Journal of Educ. Change. 4(4), 383-418.
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