Spring 2027

Literature Review in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis

Graduate course in educational leadership and policy analysis where students develop, organize, and write a comprehensive literature review on a specific research area.

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Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 Ain Grooms

Summary

What you’ll be able to do

  • Use appropriate techniques for identifying, organizing, and synthesizing relevant literature.

  • Explore how power and privilege shape educational research and knowledge dissemination.

  • Identify useful technological and software tools that support research and writing.

  • Complete an annotated bibliography.

  • Learn valuable peer review techniques.

  • Produce a draft document that serves as a foundation for the Preliminary Exam.

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Graduate/professional standing

  • Graduate/professional standing
ELPA 812

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  • Graduate/professional standing

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Spring 2027
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AIN GROOMS is recorded teaching in Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Spring 2027

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LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 160

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Student experience

the class

Develop, organize, and write a comprehensive literature review focused on a specific research area of individual interest. Learn strategies for effectively researching, synthesizing, and critically evaluating existing scholarship to build a strong foundation for research projects.

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Topics

  • Comprehensive literature review on individual research interests
  • Power and privilege in educational research and knowledge dissemination
  • Technological and software tools supporting research and writing
  • Draft document serving as foundation for the Preliminary Exam

Skills

  • Researching, synthesizing, and critically evaluating existing scholarship
  • Identifying, organizing, and synthesizing relevant literature
  • Completing an annotated bibliography
  • Applying peer review techniques

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ELPA 812 · Spring 2027

Literature Review in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis

Recorded 2026-10-14
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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