Directed Reading in Educational Leadership
Quick Info
- Currently offered by Alphacrucis: Yes
- Course code: EDU531
- Credit points: 10
- Subject coordinator: Mark Hutchinson
Prerequisites
The following courses are prerequisites:
- EDU400 Biblical Foundations of Education or 40 credit points
Awards offering Directed Reading in Educational Leadership
This unit is offered as a part of the following awards:
Unit Content
Outcomes
- Choose and describe a relevant educational leadership issue and justify the selection
- Collect, revise, and critically evaluate pertinent academic literature related to a specific educational concern, including the epistemological and philosophical foundations of relevant leadership and education theory
- Construct a comprehensive literature review that adequately reflects the breadth of research available with particular attention given to biblical perspectives concerning the issue
- Assess gaps in the literature and recommend possible future research that could contribute to further understanding within the educational leadership with recommendations
Subject Content
- Choosing an educational leadership problem or issue
- How to conduct an extensive literature review that will place that problem or issue in a broader context and from a biblical perspective
- Reformulating the problem or issue in light of the literature review
- How to identify gaps in the research, based on the literature review, in order to make recommendations for further research
This course may be offered in the following formats
- Face-to-Face
- Distance/ Global Online
- Intensive (5 days of classes/7 hours per day followed by 85 hours reading, writing and assignments)
- Extensive (5 days spread over the semester)
Check timetables for subject availability and mode of delivery
Assessment Methods
- Problem identification essay (25%)
- Essay (25%)
- Literature Review Report (50%)
Prescribed Text
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