Abstract:

The aim of this study is to identify the factors that influence the originalization and autonomization of the field of education management. In line with this objective, the development on the basis of the knowledge of the area, the boundaries of the area with other areas and the nature of the work done in the area have been sought to figure out how it affects the originality and autonomy of the area. As a result of the scan of the literature, it is seen that the knowledge base of the field of education began to form over time, remaining under the influence of various paradigms, primarily positivist and interpretative, and therefore, especially after the 1950s, various opinions about the knowledge base of the field emerged. These views in the field are seen as an attempt to gain the original identity of the area. However, it appears that the field of education management is under the influence of the area of business management and causes the area to not determine its own limits. This situation can be said that the area has hit its efforts in the way of obtaining an autonomous identity. It also appears that the studies in the field are conducted in accordance with the approaches that remain under influence rather than addressing the problems in the field and are repeated, and therefore affect the nature of the studies. As a result, the diversity on the epistemological basis of the area contributes to the originalization of the area, the lack of clear limits with other areas of administration is the obstacle to the autonomization of the area; the studies and academic concerns of the academics that take place according to the existing scientific understanding are increasingly removing the area from originalism and autonomy.

Abstract:

The aim of this study is to examine the factors that affect and prevent the original and autonomous identity development of the field. Based on this aim, the author tried to show how the developments on the knowledge basis of the field, the boundaries of the field with other fields and the nature of the studies in the field affect the originality and autonomy of the field. The existing literature indicated that the knowledge base of the field has begun to take shape under the influence of various paradigms and accordingly various views about the knowledge base of the field have emerged, especially after 1950. These views are seen as efforts to develop the field’s own original identity. However, it seems that the field is particularly under the influence of business management. It causes the field to fail to create its boundaries. Studies in the field are repetitive. As a result, while the diversity of epistemological basis of the field contributes to the originality of the field, the lack of clarity of the boundaries constitutes an impediment to the automatization of the field. Also, the studies and the academic concerns of academicians move the field away from originality and autonomy.

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