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Course Description: The course covers the presentation of research proposals in the field of educational administration and leadership. This includes monitoring research trends in educational administration in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, identifying doctoral dissertations in educational administration, analyzing research trends by topic and research area, analyzing research trends by methodology and tools, identifying research gaps, selecting a research project, preparing it, formatting, presenting it, and publishing it in a peer-reviewed scientific journal. .

Credit hours: 3

Objectives of the course :

The course aims to monitor research trends in the field of educational administration in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to list doctoral dissertations in the field of educational administration, to analyze research trends according to topics and research areas, to analyze research trends according to methodology and tools, to identify research gaps, to select a project, to prepare it, to format it, to present it, and to publish it. .

Course outputs :

Knowledge and Understanding
The student identifies research trends in the field of educational administration and leadership in the Kingdom.
1.2 The student will identify the components of a research plan in doctoral dissertations.
1.3 The student will recognize the methods of research curricula in educational administration (historical, descriptive, comparative, experimental, and quasi-experimental).
2 Skills:
The student distinguishes between the topics of scientific theses according to the topics and research areas. .
2.2 The student compares research methodologies in accordance with thesis topics.
2.3 The student compares the tools used in scientific messages and their suitability for the research topics.
2.4 The student differentiates between methodological errors in doctoral dissertations.
2.5 The student explains the reasons for the excellence of some doctoral theses.
2.6 The student explains the positive aspects of their research plan.
2.7 Students explain to their colleagues the steps for enumerating doctoral dissertations according to topics and research areas.
2.8 The student leads a working group to analyze PhD dissertation trends according to methodology and tools.
2.9 The student discusses the elements of a research plan in doctoral dissertations.
2.10 The student discusses methodological errors in doctoral dissertations.
2.11 Students discuss exemplary doctoral dissertation models.
3 Values:
3.1 Adheres to the ethics of scientific research.
3.2 Abides by credibility, honesty, and confidentiality of information.
3.3 Respects the rights of others.

Additional information:

Supporting references
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Abbas, Muhammad Khalil, et al. (2006). *Introduction to Research Methods in Education and Psychology*. Dar Al Masirah, Amman, Jordan. .
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Last updated: 2026-05-13