A Genealogy toward Methodic Doubts in Educational Leadership Research

Abstract

In this critical narrative essay, titled A Genealogy Toward Methodic Doubts, I ask readers not only how and why educational leadership research(ers) detoured from the rigorous pursuits of truths, but also how and why I had missed the signposts which might have alerted me and others that our continuing practices, even with recognizing methodological limitations, were flawed. The empirical examples presented here come mostly from US policies, Western theories, and traditional methods, but likely apply to other contexts worldwide.

Keywords

• genealogy
• methodic doubts
• research methods
• theory-method interactions
• counter-hegemonic narrative