You should access and engage with the following readings. These readings will introduce to some of the big ideas and concepts relating to self-study. Whilst they focus primarily on teachers and teacher education the ideas and principles can be applied across a range of educational settings:

Pithouse, K., Mitchell, C. & Weber, S. (2009) Self-study in teaching and teacher development: a cal to action. Educational Action research. Vol 17 (1) pp43-62
Loughran. J. (2007) Researching Teacher Education Practices: Responding to the Challenges, Demands, and Expectations of Self-Study. Journal of Teacher Education. Vol 58 (12)
The following article is an interesting paper discussing a developing understanding of leadership through action research:

Margolin, I. (2007) Shaping a new professional identity by building a new personal concept of leadership through action research, Educational Action Research, Vol 15 (4) pp519-543

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