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ERIC Number: EJ524302
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1052-6846
An Alternative to the Doctoral Dissertation: The Policy Advocacy Concept and the Doctoral Policy Document.
Browder, Lesley H., Jr.
Journal of School Leadership, v5 n1 p40-68 Jan 1995
Argues that a doctoral policy document, presenting the studied advocacy of a reflective scholar/practitioner for a specific educational policy issue, is a better alternative for educational doctorate programs than the traditional dissertation. Policy advocacy is supported as a conceptual extension of the reform climate in educational administration. (SLD)
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Advocacy, Doctoral Dissertations, Doctoral Programs, Educational Change, Educational Policy, Graduate Students, Nontraditional Education, Teacher Education
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Policy Advocacy; Reform Efforts