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Qualitative Research in Educational Leadership Studies: Issues in the Design and Conduct of Studies

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The study of educational leadership demands that researchers pay attention to specialized conceptual and empirical issues when designing and conducting qualitative studies that distinguish the field from other specializations in the social sciences. The threefold purpose of this chapter is to (a) further investigate the ways that research methods used to study educational leadership should be specialized due to conceptual and empirical dynamics, (b) explore the possibility of developing a signature research methodology for the study of educational leadership, and (c) to consider how sources of knowledge in educational leadership influence the ways that people make sense of their work as scholars and practitioners.

An earlier version of this chapter appeared as an article in the International Journal of Educational Management: Brooks, J. S. & Normore, A. N. (2015). Qualitative research and educational leadership: Essential dynamics to consider when designing and conducting studies. International Journal of Educational Management 29(7): 798–806. The work is reprinted here with permission of Emerald Publishing.

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  1. Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Jeffrey S. Brooks

  2. School of Education, RMIT University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia

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  3. Graduate Education, California State University-Dominguez Hills, Carson-Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Anthony H. Normore

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Brooks, J.S., Normore, A.H. (2018). Qualitative Research in Educational Leadership Studies: Issues in the Design and Conduct of Studies. In: Lochmiller, C. (eds) Complementary Research Methods for Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93539-3_2

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