Educational Leadership - Ed.D. and Ph.D.
Research guide for students pursuing an Ed.D. or Ph.D. in Educational Leadership
Narrowing Down or Broadening your Topic
When you need to broaden or narrow down your topic, ask yourself the following questions:
Who?
Who am I researching?
- Consider age, gender, profession, ethnicity, humans vs. animals vs. corporations, etc.
What?
What am I researching?
- Consider potential causes and effects, trends, statistics, problems, etc.
When?
What time period am I interested in?
- Consider when the topic became significant, century vs. specific dates, historical vs. current data, etc.
Where?
Where is my research topic taking place?
- Consider country, state, city, urban vs. rural, environments like prisons vs. college towns, etc.
Why?
Why does my research matter?
- Consider what makes it important to you, to your colleagues and peers, to your community, to the world, etc.
