eprintid: 10020066
rev_number: 8
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datestamp: 2014-10-31 12:51:13
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type: thesis
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creators_name: Greig, J. C. E.
title: Decision-Making in Educational Administration: A Comparative Study of the Gambia and Malawi during the Period 1925-1945.
ispublished: unpub
divisions: B14
note: Thesis: PHD University of London Institute of Education, 1978.
abstract: This study is predominantly concerned with two African
states, The Gambia on the West Coast and Malawi in the East
Central Region. Both had been dependencies within the British
Empire and while they shared a common colonial heritage, the
overall experience was not identical and their respective
educational administrative structures mirrored the
dissimilarities.
Commencing with the Colonial Office in London, aspects
that are relevant to the British Colonial Administrative
System are examined: in particular, the basic philosophy and
personnel of the Home Civil Service; the fundamental economic
thought underlying administration of the Empire; and the unique,
if somewhat eccentric recruitment apparatus for coloniel
service administrators and technical staff, as developed by
Major _Purse. In the field, decision-making in educational
matters was influenced,often indirectly but nonetheless
profoundly, by individual Africans and people of African
descent, and examples from both parts of the continent andelsewhere
receive consideration; sometimes within the context
of the contemporary social environment.
In the account of the establishment of the Education
Departments in The Gambia and Malawi reasons, motives and
difficulties are described and certain basic differences
between the two systems receive comment. The conceptual
framework within which, and the theoretical foundations upon
which, educational administration in general and decisionmaking
in particular operate receive close attention with
special reference to modern theories germane to the hypothesis.
From non-governmental and governmental archives the
decision-making process, with the inter-play of individual
factors and mild intrigue, is developed and analysed.
The gulf between theory and practice, as revealed in the
material, reinforces the contention of the hypothesis. The
structured investigation of the theme terminates about 1945
but in the conclusions certain later events and developments
are outlined by way of indicating the dynamic nature of the
topic and its interrelationship with non-predictable outcomes.
date: 1978
date_type: completed
official_url: http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.457409
oa_status: green
thesis_class: doctoral_open
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
full_text_status: public
pages: 280
institution: Institute of Education, University of London
thesis_type: Doctoral
citation:        Greig, J. C. E.;      (1978)    Decision-Making in Educational Administration: A Comparative Study of the Gambia and Malawi during the Period 1925-1945.                   Doctoral thesis , Institute of Education, University of London.     Green open access   
 
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