Leader Scholar Communities: Supporting EdD Students’ Dissertation in Practice Efforts

In this essay, we discuss Leader Scholar Communities (LSCs), which have proven to be helpful in supporting students’ dissertation in practice (DiP) efforts in several CPED-guided programs.  We have organized this essay around four important topics including (a) describing a theoretical framework tha...

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Published inImpacting education Vol. 5; no. 3; pp. 1 - 7
Main Authors Buss, Ray R., Allen, James G.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Pittsburgh University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 06.10.2020
Subjects
communities of practice
dissertation in practice
leader scholar communities
reducing doctoral attrition
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Summary:In this essay, we discuss Leader Scholar Communities (LSCs), which have proven to be helpful in supporting students’ dissertation in practice (DiP) efforts in several CPED-guided programs.  We have organized this essay around four important topics including (a) describing a theoretical framework that serves as the foundation for LSCs, (b) providing a rationale for using LSCs, (c) illustrating how LSCs have been implemented to support students’ DiP efforts in our EdD programs, and (d) exploring the benefits and limitations of LSCs.  We have also presented research information about graduates’ perceptions of LSCs.  We concluded by presenting some questions others might wish to contemplate as they consider the use of LSCs to support their students’ DiP efforts. An erratum has been published for this article at DOI: https://doi.org/10.5195/ie.2020.215.
ISSN:2472-5889
2472-5889
DOI:10.5195/ie.2020.98