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From a Crutch to a Bus

Learning about Educational Leadership Research and Practice through Referencing and Mapping of Objects

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In reflecting on the scholarship in educational leadership research, it appears that what counts as data in educational leadership research has generally been viewed very narrowly. The discipline has relied heavily on more traditional methods to produce data.

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Naicker, S., Blose, S., Chiororo, F., Khan, R., Naicker, I. (2017). From a Crutch to a Bus. In: Pillay, D., Pithouse-Morgan, K., Naicker, I. (eds) Object Medleys. New Research – New Voices. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-194-0_7

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