ERIC Number: EJ1130241
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 17
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Performing Leadership: Use of Performative Inquiry in Teaching Organizational Theories
Nilson, Michelle; Fels, Lynn; Gopaul, Bryan
Journal of Leadership Education, v15 n3 p170-186 2016
This research explores the various ways in which performative inquiry was implemented in a graduate organizational theories course within an educational leadership cohort at a medium-sized urban Canadian research university. Drawing on Fink's framework for significant learning experiences, the researchers used performative inquiry to enact the "Practice" and "Reflection" domains of his pedagogical model. The data show that as the course unfolded, the class experienced a shift from instructor-centered transmission of information to a curriculum co-constructed by students and instructors. We conclude with ways in which educational leadership professors can incorporate performative inquiry as a teaching strategy to enhance the learning process for aspiring educational leaders.
Descriptors: Organizational Theories, Teaching Methods, Inquiry, Graduate Students, Educational Administration, Leadership Training, Teaching Models, Student Centered Curriculum, Interdisciplinary Approach, Learning Activities, Learning Experience, Reflection, Experiential Learning, Educational Practices, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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