Educational Administration in Canada

Edward L. Edmonds is a professor of education at the University of
Prince Edward Island.

The authors modestly claim their primary audience to be teachers in
training, but this book will appeal to a much wider public—to all
involved, or even interested, in the present-day educational structure
and process in Canada. The book has many merits: a straightforward
narrative style, eminently readable print, precise subject headings, and
some excellent definitions. Wisely, the authors do not clutter up their
text with proliferating footnotes, but instead provide a list of
selected references for each chapter at the end of the book. A list of
cited cases is also provided. However, some reference might have been
made to the increasingly needful involvement of schools in the practicum
of teacher-education programs. As the authors note, there has been a
general retreat from forms of external supervision (though some
comparative evidence exists to suggest that teachers welcome
constructive visitation). The strength of the book and the reason for
its enduring popularity lie in the background of the authors. Each has a
rich lifetime’s experience in education in both academic and
professional fields.