scholarly journals Innovation and Practice of College Student Leadership Education—A Case Study of Harbin Institute of Technology

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun-Xiang MA ◽  
Yin SUN ◽  
Kuan CHANG ◽  
Yue WU ◽  
He-Da HUANG
Keyword(s):  
College Student ◽  
Student Leadership ◽  
Leadership Education ◽  
College Student Leadership ◽  
Institute Of Technology

scholarly journals The Use of Reflective Pedagogies in Sustainability Leadership Education—A Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (17) ◽  
pp. 6726 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Ayers ◽  
Jayne Bryant ◽  
Merlina Missimer
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Education ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Multiple Perspectives ◽  
Mental Load ◽  
Pedagogical Tools ◽  
Teacher Interviews ◽  
Institutional Structures ◽  
Sustainability Leadership ◽  
Institute Of Technology

This study aims to examine the use of reflective pedagogies in sustainability leadership education by investigating two specific pedagogical tools—the Portfolio and Pod—employed by the Master’s in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability (MSLS) program at Blekinge Institute of Technology in Karlskrona, Sweden. The study analyzed data gathered from student surveys, teacher interviews, and staff reflections to determine the benefits and challenges faced by students and staff in implementing and engaging with these pedagogical tools. Benefits include the provision of distinct structures to guide student reflection towards individual skill development and the use of collective reflection to encourage generative dialogue between students and staff. This holds benefits for collaboration, self-awareness, understanding of multiple perspectives, and creating self-directed graduates. Staff and students also, however, suggest a number of challenges. These include the ‘constrictive’ nature of guided reflection and the emotional and mental load faced by staff in hosting and holding students through often challenging personal reflective processes. For the potential of reflective pedagogies to be truly realized for Education for Sustainable Development in higher education institutions need to develop an understanding of the impacts that reflective pedagogies have on students and teachers and create institutional structures to support them.

A Case Study of Leadership at a Women’s College: Teamwork, Diversity, and Confidence Building

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megumi Okugiri ◽  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
College Student ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
Leadership Education ◽  
Women's College ◽  
Self Confidence ◽  
Women College Students ◽  
Education College

ABSTRACT This study reports on women college students’ leadership, teamwork, diversity, and communication skills while planning and executing a leadership event in Japan over a period of seven months. Data were gathered from 11 students who completed two online questionnaires: Questionnaire A was administered while planning the event and Questionnaire B was administered after they executed the event. The questionnaires asked about the difficulties/joys of teamwork as both a leader and a follower as well as the lessons they learned through the process. An analysis of the questionnaire results indicated drastic changes in participants’ views of leadership, teamwork, diversity, and communication skills. Students’ learnings mostly occurred during teamwork planning efforts, but after the execution, the learnings become established as a sense of appreciation and self-confidence, thereby enhancing their potential as a leader and a follower. KEYWORDS: Leadership Education, College Student, Teamwork, Diversity, Confidence Building

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