Reflecting on Personal Experiences: An Auto-ethnography in Search of a Meaningful Educational Management and Administration
Abstract
The terms of administration and management in education are still a debate among Indonesian scholars in this discipline. This debate is rooted in their different stance which has implications in practices. This study attempts to address this issue. It aims to find the meaning of educational administration and management, which is considered to be important especially for academicians and students in this field and also practitioners. The study found that the term of educational management in Indonesia is more preferrable among scholars and popular for public, indicating adoption of management values from bussiness management to public institutions. Very few insist the use of administration instead of management, while some others argue that these two terms are interchangeable.
Keywords: meaningful learning; learning experience; educational administration; educational management;
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