On the approaches of generating educational administration theories in China
Referring to the available research materials,we generalize six approaches of generating educational administration theories in China.The first is the approach of seeing upward.It either prefers to adopt the method of theoretical speculation and conception deduction,or emphasizes the importance of standpoint of upper administration structure or administrator.Oppositely,the second approach,seeing downward,insists that theories should come from below.The below means practical experience or grass-roots unit and personnel of administration system.The third approach is seeing outward.It believes that we can construct theories of educational administration through learning from other countries or other disciplines.However,the approach of seeing inward argues that the intrinsic nature and native context of educational administration should be the starting points of generating theories.The last two approaches of generating educational administration are seeing backward and seeing forward.The former attaches importance to past practice and experience.The latter pays close attention to prospects and trends of educational administration.