USING E-POSTERS TO RECONSTRUCT THE KNOWLEDGE BASE OF DIVISION A OF AERA

Jacqueline Delong, Grand Erie District School Board

Cheryl Black, Grand Erie District School Board

Jack Whitehead, University of Bath

An e-poster presentation to a Division A (Administration) session of the AERA Annual Conference on Demography and Democracy in the Era of Accountability, 12 April 2005, Montreal.

THE HONEST FACT IS THAT THE TOTAL CONTRIBUTION OF DIVISION A OF AERA TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EMPIRICAL AND THEORETICAL KNOWLEDGE BASE OF ADMINISTRATION AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT IS SO MINISCULE THAT IF ALL OF US HAD DEVOTED OUR PROFESSIONAL CAREERS TO TEACHING AND SERVICE, WE WOULD HARDLY HAVE BEEN MISSED.

Clark, D. (1997) The Search for Authentic Educational Leadership: In the Universities and in the Schools. Invited presentation to Division A at the Annual Meeting of AERA, 1997, Chicago.

WE BELIEVE THAT ACCESSING THE EVIDENTIAL BASE OF OUR E-POSTER AT:

http://www.jackwhitehead.com/aera05/cbjdjweposter.htm

WILL SHOW HOW THE KNOWLEDGE-BASE OF DIVISION A OF AERA COULD BE ENHANCED THROUGH THE SELF-STUDIES OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATORS. WE ARE THINKING OF SELF-STUDIES THAT DEMONSTRATE OUR EDUCATIONAL INFLUENCES IN LEARNING WITH EACH OTHER AS EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATORS AND IN THE LEARNING OF TEACHERS, STUDENTS AND THE SOCIAL FORMATIONS IN WHICH WE LIVE AND WORK.