Topic: Principal leadership style and its impact on teacher’s performance at elementary level
1. Select three articles related to the topic ‘Principal leadership style and its impact on teacher’s performance at elementary level’ and do annotated bibliographies. Articles should be peered reviewed and should be
a. one literature review or meta-analysis article,
b. one theory article, and
c. one research article. The research article may either be from a quantitative or qualitative perspective.
2. Develop a 1-paragraph statement that is the result of a review of the articles you located on your topic.
a. Briefly describe the phenomena you are interested in studying.
b. Briefly summarize the key findings or what is understood about this phenomena based on the three articles you reviewed.
c. Briefly identify the “gap”—what do you see as an important, relevant, next step in learning more about this topic that would be appropriate for a qualitative study.
3. Write a problem statement based on your topic
4. Write a purpose statement using terminology of qualitative research. The purpose statement should contain:
a. A statement using the following template: The purpose of this qualitative study is to [choose one: explore, describe, understand, explain] the meaning/experience/culture/stories of [phenomenon of interest] in [population/setting].
b. A justification of why the purpose of your study is suited for the qualitative approach in terms of:
i. The phenomena you choose
ii. The “fit” with a constructivist epistemology and ontology
iii. The relevance of the naturalistic setting or context to the phenomena of interest
5. Based on your knowledge of reflexivity, explain your relationship to the problem; and the issues of bias and positionality to be addressed. Include a brief descriiption of the setting and possible sources of data.
6. Write a research question using terminology of qualitative research.
The research question should incorporate and mirror the purpose statement using the following template: What is the meaning/experience/culture/stories of [phenomenon of interest] in [population/setting]?
