SIFTING THROUGH THE PAST - A 10 YEAR PERSPECTIVE ON THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON TEACHING PUBLIC-ADMINISTRATION

This paper reports the findings of a content analysis of papers published in the Proceedings of the National Conference on Teaching Public Administration. The analysis examined 352 papers which were contributed over the ten-year period from 1978 to 1987. The findings are descriptive covering authorship, subject areas discussed, target audiences of the papers, and contributions to a cumulative knowledge base. One major finding was that very little has been done to build a cumulative knowledge base about teaching public administration. The paper concludes with suggestions for improving the sharing of ideas in this area. © 1990, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.