Question

Identify a dissertation in the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database in the GCU Library. Read the "Statement of the Problem" section of Chapter 1 in the dissertation. What was the problem statement for this dissertation? How did the author support the problem using the gap/need identified from prior research? Was the problem adequately supported? Why or why not? be sure to provide the full APP-style reference note for the dissertation you read.

Answer 1

In this assignment, it would be important to visit one of the dissertations already developed and read through as per the above instructions and get to understand the content of the problem statement of the research done.

For instance, under the leadership category, there is dissertation on the effective school board leadership and governance that has looked at the impact of training as well as continuous kind of education on personal perceptions of the competency of the board. Therefore, according to the statement of the problem, there was a gap on effective behavior of the schools board members and that the cases of misbehaving or non-effective governance had been reported severally hence the need to have a training program for such individuals, hence the main point of the statement of the problem. The author has supported this by use of facts and figures highlighting the need or the impact of training the leaders from other several researches already done.Therefore, it can be noted that this problem was well supported using the evidences mentioned as well as the facts and also figures that have been used to create an emphasis that indeed training is key and a requirement for the effective school board governance and the entire leadership. This was developed by Adamson Taylor an Educationist from the Indian Wesleyan University in the year 2011, the link is provided below.

It is also important to note that the main role of the statement of the problem in any research is basically to show or validate the claim that indeed there is a problem being outlined by the study being conducted. Therefore, it is also noted that effective statements of the problem address existing gaps and as well proposes the need for further research in order to eliminate such problems, hence the case of the above noted statement of the problem used.

Reference

Effective School Board Leadership and Governance: the impact of training and continuous education on self-perceptions of board competency by Adamson Taylor. (2011). Link: https://pqdtopen.proquest.com/doc/894261897.html?FMT=ABS