Child and Adult, X and Y: Reflections on the Process of Public Administration Education

vided by theory Y. It is commonly recognized that public administration has evolved over time, and, by and large, that this evolution has implications for the desirable content of public administration education. What is not so generally recognized is that the evolution of the field may also have implications for the process of public administration education. The teaching and learning context andprocess-as well as the curricular contentteaches. Not only what is taught, but how it is taught, should be formed with our educational goals clearly in mind.