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Appendix C-Participant Information Sheet (Directors)
Participant Information Sheet
For CES Directors
Date of this information sheet: 1 June, 2005
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Project Title:
Nurturing servant leaders in religious education: A case study of the church
educational system of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in
Aotearoa/New Zealand
Invitation:
This invitation is for you to take part in a research project about servant leadership, a
type of leadership that has gained increasing attention in the last twenty years. This
sheet is designed to answer any questions you may have before you make your
decision of whether to participate.
What is the purpose of this study?
This project is undertaken to complete the researcher’s Master of Education degree
from Auckland University of Technology. The project is also undertaken to generate
knowledge about servant leadership as it applies in the practice of the Church
Educational System (CES) in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
What are the research aims?
1. To describe and analyse the practice of servant leadership within the CES institute
programme in Auckland.
2 To critically discuss servant leadership as it applies in a religious education setting.
3. To define servant leadership
4. To critically analyse how the CES in Aotearoa/New Zealand is meeting the need of
generating and perpetuating local leadership for the LDS church and leadership in the
secular workplace.
5.To contribute to the current lack of research about the CES institute programme in
Aotearoa/New Zealand on a longitudinal scale.
How will the study be carried out?
Individual in-depth interviews will be conducted with two CES directors in Auckland,
and the country director from Hamilton.
The interview timing will be assigned according to convenience for you. It is
anticipated that the interview will be approximately one hour in length. You will be
given a copy of interview questions prior to participation to give you time, if you
wish, to think about the topic and to clarify any questions/concerns with the
researcher before the scheduled interview.
Other data will be collected from three focus groups, each consisting of 6-8
participants taking place with CES teachers in July.