ERIC Number: EJ1207465
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018-Dec
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Voices That Matter: Rural Youth on Leadership
Sherif, Victoria
Research in Educational Administration & Leadership, v3 n2 p311-337 Dec 2018
Although considerable research has explored what it means to be a leader from an adult perspective, little has been conducted from the student perspective as an integral component of leadership education, decision making, or educational change. Findings from a longitudinal qualitative case study presented in this article reveal how youth perceive leadership as a complex construct integrating diverse skills, abilities, learning, and change opportunities as well as team and management processes utilized to improve the world and people in it. Youth perceptions of leadership also include responsibility, active and purposeful self-direction, inspiration, desire and willingness to make a difference, ethical character, and collaborative partnerships with school and district leaders. This article thus bridges the gap in research involving rural youth and informs high school principals and leadership educators about ways to initiate and foster a positive educational change and sense of community among youth, community, school, and district leaders.
Descriptors: Rural Youth, Student Leadership, Student Attitudes, Student Empowerment, High School Students, Sense of Community, Instructional Leadership, Student Role, Educational Change, Leadership Responsibility, Leadership Qualities, Role Models
EARDA Turkish Educational Administration Research & Development Association. Dokuz Eylul University, Buca Faculty of Education, Izmir, Turkey 35150. e-mail: eyedderinfo@gmail.com; Web site: http://dergipark.gov.tr/real
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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