Outdoor leadership education: Do recent textbooks focus on the right content?

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-11
Author(s):  
Glyn Thomas
1999 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 170-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Clements ◽  
John B. Washbush

A number of years ago, David McClelland, in his studies of managerial motivation, identified two types of power: egoistic (using others for personal gain) and social (facilitating group cooperation and effort for the achievement of the general good). Clearly, the power motive is intimately related to the concept of leadership. However, over the last several decades, a school of thought has arisen which equates leadership with “doing the right thing”. Defining leadership in such an ethical light is both misleading and dangerous. At the same time, little has been done to address the role of followers in the influence process, and transformational models of leadership have exacerbated this problem. Failure to acknowledge the role of followers and to examine the “dark side” of leader‐follower dynamics can distort efforts to understand influence processes in an authentic way. This paper provides balance to this discussion and identifies a number of critical implications for leadership education.


Author(s):  
Tomasz Majewski ◽  
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Dorota Kurek ◽  

There is a need to educate and improve army officers in leadership. Leadership is a factor that increases the likelihood of efficient action and in difficult moments can decide about the results of action. The right choice of goals and content of leadership education, as well as the selection of teachers who have relevant competences are important when designing studies. When choosing the content of education, one should pay attention to the multitude of dilemmas related to leadership. Several of them, discussed in the article, are particularly relevant. They relate to the list of leadership competences that should be shaped, loyalty to subordinates and superiors, the adequacy of the use of forces to the tasks received, the selection of teachers and the phenomenon of captainism. The teacher plays a special role, especially since the process of shaping leadership is a difficult task, which requires acquiring new knowledge, intentional, thought-out didactic activities, and reflection on mistakes and successes.


2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 69-81
Author(s):  
Eli Ottesen

Utdanning av skoleledere vies stor oppmerksomheter, både i politikk, i forskning og som praksis, men forskning tyder på at det mangler et omforent kunnskapsgrunnlag som kan definere hva slik utdanning kan eller bør inneholde. Tvert imot synes det å være et mangfold blant tilbydere både nasjonalt og internasjonalt. I artikkelen utforskes hva som kan utgjøre et kunnskapsgrunnlag for skoleledelse, og hva det kan bety for opplæring av skoleledere. Mot en bakgrunn av hva vi vet om skolelederopplæring, beskrives ledelse som profesjonelt arbeid der kjernen er ansvaret for og retten til å fatte beslutninger basert på skjønnsmessige vurderinger. Hoveddelen av artikkelen er drøfting av hva det kan bety å forankre kunnskapsgrunnlaget for skoleledelse i pedagogikken.  Avslutningsvis pekes det på implikasjoner for skolelederopplæring.  Nøkkelord: kunnskapsgrunnlag, profesjonelt arbeid, skoleledelse, skolelederopplæring.AbstractCurrently, the education of school leaders is receiving considerable attention in policy, research and as a practice. However, research indicates a lack of agreement about the curriculum that could or should define such education; there seems to be great diversity among providers both nationally and internationally. The article explores what might constitute core knowledge for educational leaders. Against the background of what we know about leadership education the article describes leadership as professional work, where school leaders are responsible for and have the right to make decisions based on professional discretion. The main part of the article is a discussion of what might be implications of grounding leadership education in educational science. Finally, some implications for leadership education are suggested.Keywords: knowledge base, professional work, educational leadership, school leader education.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (169) ◽  
pp. 93-101
Author(s):  
Kellie Gerbers ◽  
Geneviève Marchand

Author(s):  
J. Anthony VanDuzer

SummaryRecently, there has been a proliferation of international agreements imposing minimum standards on states in respect of their treatment of foreign investors and allowing investors to initiate dispute settlement proceedings where a state violates these standards. Of greatest significance to Canada is Chapter 11 of the North American Free Trade Agreement, which provides both standards for state behaviour and the right to initiate binding arbitration. Since 1996, four cases have been brought under Chapter 11. This note describes the Chapter 11 process and suggests some of the issues that may arise as it is increasingly resorted to by investors.


2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guido Gainotti

Abstract The target article carefully describes the memory system, centered on the temporal lobe that builds specific memory traces. It does not, however, mention the laterality effects that exist within this system. This commentary briefly surveys evidence showing that clear asymmetries exist within the temporal lobe structures subserving the core system and that the right temporal structures mainly underpin face familiarity feelings.


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