Click on the following links. Please note these will open in a new window.

SJ-userguide.pdf

Article 1
McDonnell, L. M., & Weatherford, M. S. (2013). Organized interests and the common core. Educational Researcher, 42(9), 488-497.

URL: http://edr.sagepub.com/content/42/9/488.full.pdf+html

Questions that apply to this article:

1.  What research methodology and research methods do the authors take?
2.  Explain how this study can be considered improvement-oriented research.
3.  Which one of the four problems of practice in your textbook does this study most relate? Describe the similarities and differences of this article to the specific problem of practice from the textbook.

Article 2
Honig, M. I. (2003). Building policy from practice: District central office administrators’ roles and capacity for implementing collaborative education policy. Educational Administration Quarterly, 39(3), 292–338.

URL:https://education.uw.edu/sites/default/files/profiles/documents/honig/2012%20HONIG%20EAQ%20District%20Central%20Office%20Leadership%20As%20Teaching.pdf

Questions that apply to this article:

1. What is the author’s research paradigm? How does the case study design fit with the author’s research paradigm?
2. Do you think the author is a practitioner-scholar? Explain your reasoning using examples from the text.