eprintid: 1512 rev_number: 7 eprint_status: archive userid: 4 dir: disk0/00/00/15/12 datestamp: 2024-05-29 07:43:41 lastmod: 2024-05-29 07:43:41 status_changed: 2024-05-29 07:43:41 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Lipscombe, Kylie creators_name: Tindall-Ford, Sharon creators_name: Kidson, Paul title: Developing a Personalized Educational Leadership Theory: A Promising Approach to School Leadership Development? ispublished: pub subjects: L1 divisions: JPS full_text_status: public keywords: school leadership, educational leadership development, personalized educational leadership theory, postgraduate educational leadership, self leadership abstract: Behind every school leader is an individual with experiences. These experiences, personal and professional, shape how an educator conceptualizes leadership. This study examines the types of experiences that leaders, enrolled in a Master of Educational Leadership degree in Australia, draw on to inform their leadership. The findings reveal four key experiences that influence the way school leaders view and practice leadership: experiential; educative; vicarious; and personal. We discuss how the medium of digital story supports school leaders to develop their personalized educational leadership theory (PELT) as part of educational leadership development. date: 2024 publication: Journal of Research on Leadership Education pagerange: 1-21 refereed: TRUE citation: Lipscombe, Kylie and Tindall-Ford, Sharon and Kidson, Paul (2024) Developing a Personalized Educational Leadership Theory: A Promising Approach to School Leadership Development? Journal of Research on Leadership Education. pp. 1-21. document_url: http://eprints.iab.edu.my/v2/1512/1/lipscombe-et-al-2024-developing-a-personalized-educational-leadership-theory-a-promising-approach-to-school-leadership.pdf