Journal of Leadership Education: Volume 15 Issue 1 , Open Access

The Perceived Importance of Youth Educator’s Confidence in Delivering Leadership Development Programming

Laura Brumbaugh, Melissa Cater

A successful component of programs designed to deliver youth leadership develop programs are youth educators who understand the importance of utilizing research-based information…

The relationship between student leaders’ constructive development, their leadership identity, and their understanding ofleadership

Valerie I. Sessa, Jillian Ploskonka, Elphys L. Alvarez, Steven Dourdis, Christopher Dixon, Jennifer D. Bragger

The purpose of our research was to use Day, Harrison, and Halpin’s, (2009) theory of leadership development as a premise to investigate how students’ constructive development is…

Leadership Identity Development through an Interdisciplinary Leadership Minor

Tyson J. Sorensen, Aaron J. McKim, Jonathan J. Velez

Leadership development among postsecondary students can occur through a variety of experiences; one such experience is a leadership minor. The purpose of this descriptive…

Lessons that Last: LeaderShape-related Gains in Student Leadership Capacity over Time

David M. Rosch, Clinton M. Stephens, Jasmine D. Collins

The LeaderShape Institute is a popular immersion-based leadership program that is hosted on dozens of university campuses and conducted nationally each year. As part of a…

Creating a Meaningful Learning Environment: Reflection in Leadership Education

Jillian Volpe White, Kathy L. Guthrie

This article examines the use of a book discussion as an instructional tool for developing leadership exploration competency skills in university students, as it pertains to the…

Circles of Learning: Applying Socratic Pedagogy to Learn Modern Leadership

Katherine L. Friesen, Clinton M. Stephens

In response to the National Leadership Education Agenda, this application brief furthers priority one, addressing the teaching, learning, and curriculum development of leadership…

Peer-led Learning Communities: Exploring Integrative High-Impact Educational Practicesfor Leadership Education

Kerry L. Priest, Ana Luiza de Campos Paula

The use of high-impact practices is well documented in higher education literature. This brief describes the integrative practice of undergraduate peer-led leadership learning…

Changes in University Students after Joining a Service Leadership Program in China

Daniel T.L. Shek, Li Lin

This study examined the effectiveness of a 4.5-day service leadership program for students from Chinese universities using objective outcome evaluation. The participants were…

Unraveling the Leadership Dichotomy in the Classroom and Beyond

Leah M. Omilion-Hodges, Stacey M. B. Wieland

As teachers of leadership, we have noticed that our students often get “stuck” thinking about leadership in overly simplistic ways that dichotomize task and…

Resource Development Opportunities for the Association of Leadership Educators: Phase One

Donnette J. Noble, Lyna Matesi, Jennifer Moss Breen, Robin Peiter Horstmeier, Dennis M. Anderson, Stuart Allen, Leslie Pedigo

This application brief shares Phase One of an action research project for the Association of Leadership Educators. This project demonstrates how a member-based association can…

Using Film to Teach Authentic Leadership

Meagan Scott, Penny Pennington Weeks

Utilizing film as a teaching tool in a personal leadership development course helped undergraduate students synthesize authentic leadership concepts. Iron Jawed Angels facilitated…

Student-Moderated Discussion Boards in a Graduate Online Course

Jeni McRay, Brent Goertzen, Kaley Klaus

This application brief describes a “Module Discussant” activity assigned in an online graduate-level leadership theory course. The assignment was designed to stimulate…

Women’s Leadership Development Training for [Program]

Lia R. Kelinsky, James C. Anderson

Teaching GLEE-dership

Kati Sweet, Jackie Bruce

In a world where more and more emphasis is being put on the importance of teaching leadership skills to work ready undergraduate students, instructors are often met with the…

Authentic Classroom Leaders: The Student Perspective

Megan S. Downing

In a qualitative study assessing students’ perceptions of faculty-student interaction in the online learning environment, findings demonstrated that students make meaning of…