5 Criteria for good research questions in empirical educational leadership research

What are good research questions for empirical research in educational leadership? In this video, I talk about five criteria that you can use to develop and evaluate good research questions. These five criteria are for the field of educational leadership, and leadership in general.

0:00 Five Criteria for good research questions in empirical research in educational leadership
0:52 Criterion 1: Don’t ask questions that can be answered by reviewing literature.
4:41 Criterion 2: Stay away from program evaluation. Focus on the leadership process.
8:38 Criterion 3: Place leadership in a context. Don’t conceptualize it as a static, isolated entity.
12:47 Criterion 4: Don’t be trapped in the waiting-for-superman mindset. Pay attention to the interaction between leaders and their followers.
16:50 Criterion 5: Advance theory development of educational leadership.

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These five criteria are the ones I use personally, so not everyone agrees with me. To share your thoughts about research questions, please leave your comments below.

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