Research for Educational Leadership

This course introduces participants to the purposes, methods, and practices of educational research applied to contemporary issues in educational leadership and administration. The course begins with an introduction to the fundamentals of educational research, covering different purposes and types of research, varieties of research strategies including mixed methods, authenticity and ethics in research, and tools used in carrying out research. Participants will critically review a series of research articles throughout the course, while referencing the research methods used in those reports.