Administration and educational administration

 Administration

 The word Administration is compound of two words, Ad and Minister. Ad refers to “to” and Minister means “Service”. Therefore we can take the meaning of Administration is “to service” or “To serve”.

Administration is actually a process to maintain a system, design rules and regulations and chose a particular path to attain specific goals.

Administration takes as a government of public affairs, duties and services and directing the management. Its actually the executive part of government, in which persons are collectively interested to execute laws and the superintendence of public affairs.

George Washington says:

“The administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government.”

Educational Administration

 This is defined by Ordway Tead as “a comprehensive effort to direct, guide and integrate associating human strivings, which are focused towards some specific ends or aims.” Indeed Educational Administration is considered a comprehensive effort to achieve some specific educational objectives or targets.

Educational Philosophy sets the goals, Educational psychology describes the objectives, but Educational Administration provides the way to achieve the goals on the basis of prescribed principles. It is actually the dynamic side of the education.

Educational Administration discusses the three sides of Education.

 

1-    Human Resources:

The human elements include:

        1- Students

2-    Parents

3-    Teachers

4-    Employees / personnel

 In personnel from top to bottom, federal to district, schools to universities and all boards of educations are included.

2-Material Resources:

 There are three types of material require for any educational institution. Money, Furniture and building, equipments and instructional material.  In equipments laboratory items, library material and sports goods are included, furthermore instructional material consists of audio visual aids and other related tools.

3- Laws and Needs:

 Educational administration on the ideas side has the responsibility to make rules and regulation according to the need ad interest of the country. The curriculum, guidelines, Aims of education all are designed by the educational administration.

The integration of these whole three parts into a whole is actually the Educational Administration.

French, Hull and Dodds consider educational administration as a lens. If it is a poor lens, the image is blurrred and obscure and no one in the school or community gets a clear picture of what the school is trying to do. IF it is a good lens, the school becomes a clear cut and vivid projection of the ideals we hope to bring into being.