Readers should note that the paper below - penned by one of the journal's editorial panellists - is being published with the aim of stimulating debate around the issue of using a phenomenological research paradigm in the study of education leadership. This is especially important in view of the multiple methodologies that are prevalent within the broad scope of the social sciences and, equally important, the seemingly ever-changing methodological scenarios that do not necessarily usher in any paradigmatic changes. Reader response (...) is encouraged in the hope that a special issue dealing with Phenomenology in Education can be published in the short to medium term. [Editor's note] Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology , Volume 4, Edition 1 July 2004. (shrink)