eprintid: 1118 rev_number: 6 eprint_status: archive userid: 4 dir: disk0/00/00/11/18 datestamp: 2021-04-26 23:46:02 lastmod: 2021-04-26 23:46:02 status_changed: 2021-04-26 23:46:02 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: David M. Gurr, corp_creators: The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia title: Educational Leadership Research: Is There a Compelling Reason to Change? ispublished: pub subjects: L1 divisions: JPS full_text_status: public abstract: This paper is a response to recent challenges to educational leadership research from Eacott. Using a personal narrative approach, and drawing, in the main, on research from the International Successful School Principalship Project, it is argued that current research questions are worthwhile, he methodologies used are trustworthy and appropriate, and that there is no compelling reason to abandon these. date: 2019-03 date_type: published refereed: TRUE citation: David M. Gurr, (2019) Educational Leadership Research: Is There a Compelling Reason to Change? document_url: http://eprints.iab.edu.my/v2/1118/1/Educational%20Leadership%20Research.pdf