aeash rasteh moghadam

Taking the fundemnentals of ontology, epistemology and methodology into consideration, EA like other academic fields is widely influenced by the overall evolution of scientific paradigms.The first studies of EA were formed by "positivism school" in the early 20th century and since then interpretative, critical and post modern paradigms ensued. any studies have been done by EA researchers using these paradigms. The current article aims at applying and promoting the concepts derived from critical paradigm in the field of EA consisting two parts. The first part describes background and evolution of the theoritical approach involved in EA, followed by an indication of critical paradigm in the field of EA.The second part is devoted to presenting and summarizing one of the most authentic books in the field of critical paradigm in EA titled "Paradigms and Promises: New Approaches to Educational Administration" written by William Foster in 1986 and translated into Farsi by Dr Ali Alagheband in 2021. The article concludes by presenting some further applications of critical paradigm in the field of EA.

The present article was written with the aim of honoring the services and educational achievements of Dr. Ali Alagheband. In the first part, using biography method, his personal and academic life and scientific works were described. Later his publications were introduced following some of their highlights such as "Paying attention to the main theories of management and their applications in the field of educational administration", "Addressing the needs of the scientific community and the corresponding contents with the approved curricula", "Having innovation and growing contributions in the field of educational administration knowledge" and " Fluent and comprehensive writing" were explained. In the second part, with the help of the phenomenological and lived experience approach of the author from attending the classroom and interactions with Alagheband, some of his personality traits, morals and scientific characteristics were described. The most prominent academic characteristics of Alagheband were his deep knowledge and perception of the theoretical foundations of educational administration and his most important moral characteristics were self-respect, magnanimity, outspokenness, integrity as well as his disinterest towards materialistic facets. He was a true example of high level Iranian university teacher and a unique and an invaluable professor in the field of educational administration who spent his entire life writing well-classified and indelible books in the field of educational administration and promoting the academic position of this field in Iranian academic system. Utilizing his point of view which is mentioned in this article could help solve some of the major problems of the educational administration system in Iran.In the second part, with the help of the phenomenological and lived experience approach of the author from attending the classroom and interactions with Alagheband, some of his personality traits, morals and scientific characteristics are described. The most prominent scientific characteristics of Alagheband were his deep knowledge and perception of the theoretical foundations of educational administration and his most important moral characteristics were self respect, magnanimity, Outspokenness, Integrity as well as his disinterest towards materialistic facets. He was a true example of high level Iranian University teacher and a unique and an invaluable professor in the field of educational administration who spent his entire life writing well-classified and indelible books in the field of educational administration and promoting the scientific position of this field in Iranian academic system.

The evolution of scientific theories takes place over the time, and Educational Administration (EA) as a field of study is of no exception. Therefore, understanding the conceptual developments in this field requires looking at it as a historical realm. The purpose of this article is to study of EA conceptual map through criticizing historical book of "The history of educational administration viewed through its textbooks". In order to achieve this goal, using the method of critique, the book has been examined from both external and internal aspects. Findings indicate that the mentioned book, despite having many positive features, suffers several shortcomings in answering its questions and achieving the goals and failed to draw a comprehensive map of the EA history. The article concludes by extracting lessons from EA global legacy for domestic researchers. The evolution of scientific theories takes place over the time, and Educational Administration (EA) as a field of study is of no exception. Therefore, understanding the conceptual developments in this field requires looking at it as a historical realm. The purpose of this article is to study of EA conceptual map through criticizing historical book of "The history of educational administration viewed through its textbooks". In order to achieve this goal, using the method of critique, the book has been examined from both external and internal aspects.