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Publication Date: 2013
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Students as Leaders and Learners: Towards Self-Authorship and Social Change on a College Campus
Cohen, Jody; Cook-Sather, Alison; Lesnick, Alice; Alter, Zanny; Awkward, Rachel; Decius, Fabiola; Hummer, Laura; Guerrier, Saskia; Larson, Maggie; Mengesha, Lily
Innovations in Education and Teaching International, v50 n1 p3-13 2013
In this article, we present a case study of undergraduate students' experiences in several leadership programmes at Bryn Mawr College. Through a collaborative action research study, we identified three interrelated sets of practices in which student participants engage: discerning differences and bringing those differences into dialogue; revising their sense of themselves and becoming more serious students; and revising leadership relationships and creating community. We offer this study as an illustration of and commentary on Baxter Magolda's theory of self-authorship and students' development as leaders for social change--an illustration that highlights the close connection between self-development and leadership development.
Descriptors: Social Change, Student Leadership, Campuses, Case Studies, Undergraduate Students, Student Experience, Action Research, Focus Groups, Student Surveys, Social Cognition, Leadership Qualities, Participant Satisfaction, Educational Practices, Individual Development, Self Concept, Epistemology
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania
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