Contemporary approaches to dissertation development and research methods The consequential relationship between doctoral course design and capstone design Valerie A. Storey John Fulton The role of theory in EdD programs and dissertations in practice Debby Zambo Ron Zambo Identity commitment and change agency: bedrock for bridging theory and practice in doctoral education Carol A. Kochhar Bryant Alternative dissertation formats: preparing scholars for the academy and beyond Doris L. Watson Kimberly Nehls Dissertation redesign for scholarly practitioners in educational leadership: increasing impact through dissemination ready sections Cynthia J. MacGregor Jennifer Fellabaum Creating an EdD structure program and process fulfilling the needs of doctoral candidates and the communities they will serve: applying lessons learned from the redesign of a principal preparation program Marla Susman Israel [and 3 others] Adapting and advocating for an online EdD program in changing times and sacred cultures Elan Nicole Paulson Practice as research: developing the workplace project Stan Lester Guiding principles for quality professional practice dissertations Kara Dawson Swapna Kumar Becoming practitioner scholars: the role of practice based inquiry dissertations in the development of educational leaders Sharon M. Ravitch Susan L. Lytle Enacting a cycle of inquiry capstone research project in doctoral level leadership preparation Shelby Cosner Steve Tozer Paul Zavitkovsky This book is a pivotal reference source that focuses on current models used for doctoral dissertations and how these techniques impact future research and knowledge in various scholarly fields Provided by publisher.