| Contents |
Complementary research methods: an introduction and overview -- Part I. Qualitative research in educational leadership studies: issues in the design and conduct of studies -- The DIVE approach: using case-ordered meta-matrices and theory-based data displays to analyze multiple case study data -- Language-based methodologies for policy and leadership research -- Doing critical policy analysis in education research: an emerging paradigm -- Critical research perspectives in school leadership: putting dignity and humanity at the center -- The potential of (participatory) action research for school leaders, local policy makers, and university-based researchers -- Part II. Secondary data analysis in the field of educational leadership and policy studies -- Matching strategies for causal inference with observational data in education -- Using quantitative and qualitative methods to study the content and effects of curriculum materials -- Value-added and growth models in education research -- Social network analysis methods in educational policy research -- Essential steps to assessing a school system's fiscal health -- Evaluating education policy & program costs -- Part III. Using mixed methods to inform education policy research -- program evaluation methods for PK-12 education -- International network as sites for research on successful school leadership -- Taking stock of complementary methods: the perpetual quest for good research methods for educational leadership and policy |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from electronic title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed October 29, 2018). |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Complementary research methods for educational leadership and policy studies. Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018] 9783319935386 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9783319935393 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | 3319935399 (electronic bk.) |
| ISBN | (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (hardcover) |
| Standard identifier# |
10.1007/978-3-319-93539-3 |
| Stock number | com.springer.onix.9783319935393 Springer Nature |
