Higham, R;
Freathy, R;
Wegerif, R;
(2010)
Developing responsible leadership through a 'pedagogy of challenge': An investigation into the impact of leadership education on teenagers.
School Leadership & Management
, 30
(5)
pp. 419-434.
10.1080/13632434.2010.525229.
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Abstract
This paper proposes a new model for understanding education through ‘responsible leadership’ – a term which draws on the models of distributed and authentic leadership and on a dialogic understanding of responsible action. It defines ‘dispositions for learning’ as different forms of the single quality of ‘openness to learning’. A ‘pedagogy of challenge’ is proposed as a way of developing these dispositions. The model is tested through a small-scale investigation into the effect of a two-day leadership education course on five 14-year-old students which conforms to the proposed model. This suggests a link between the students' participation and their dispositions for learning; in addition, it suggests change in their attitude towards, and perceived performance in, their academic subjects over a four-month period. It also highlights potential conflicts between promoting responsible leadership and curricular, assessment-focused learning. Larger-scale studies are recommended.
Type: | Article |
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Title: | Developing responsible leadership through a 'pedagogy of challenge': An investigation into the impact of leadership education on teenagers |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1080/13632434.2010.525229 |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/13632434.2010.525229 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
Keywords: | student leadership, dispositions for learning, pedagogy of challenge, responsible leadership |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Learning and Leadership |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10085538 |
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