Researching educational leadership and management : methods and approaches /: methods and approaches. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mark Brundrett and Christopher Rhodes.
• Authors: Brundrett, Mark; Rhodes, Christopher (Christopher P.)
• Contents: PART ONE: PREPARING TO CARRY OUT RESEARCH ON EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP; Introduction: Key Issues in Research on Educational Leadership; Theories of Educational Research; Ensuring Reliability, Validity or 'Trustworthiness' in Research; Reviewing Existing Ideas to Develop a Conceptual Framework; PART TWO: DESIGNING AND USING RESEARCH TOOLS FOR EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP RESEARCH; Developing a Sample; Questionnaire Research; Interviews and Focus Groups; Using Observation; Documentary Analysis; Action Research and Practitioner Inquiry; PART THREE: ANALYSING DATA AND REPORTING THE FINDINGS OF RESEARCH IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS; Analysing Quantitative Data; Analysing Qualitative Data; The Uses of Leadership Research; Conclusions: Writing Reports and Making Sense of Outcomes
• Publisher Details: London : SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (200 pages)
• Subjects: 371.20072; School management and organization -- Research; Educational leadership -- Research
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781446296752
• Related ISBNs: 144629675X
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