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Measuring Mechanisms of Student Voice: Development and Validation of Student Leadership Capacity Building Scales
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Lyons, Lindsay; Brasof, Marc; Baron, Carol – AERA Open, 2020
This study developed measurement scales on student leadership capacity building through a survey of 280 students from nine U.S. high schools. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses resulted in a personal, interpersonal, organizational, and overall scale for building student leadership capacity. The scales included eight mechanisms that…
Descriptors: Student Leadership, Capacity Building, Test Construction, Test Validity
Building the Capacity for Student Leadership in High School: A Review of Organizational Mechanisms from the Field of Student Voice
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Lyons, Lindsay; Brasof, Marc – Journal of Educational Administration, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to understand the organizational mechanisms by which schools can increase opportunities for student leadership. Design/methodology/approach: A review of the student voice literature conducted in high schools was used to identify organizational mechanisms for enhancing student leadership. Findings: Five…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Student Leadership, High School Students, Personal Autonomy
Teach Students about Civics through Schoolwide Governance
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Brasof, Marc; Spector, Anne – Phi Delta Kappan, 2016
Building democracies in K-8 schools is a promising approach to increasing young people and educators' civic knowledge, skills and dispositions. The Rendell Center for Civics and Civics Engagement leveraged strategies and concepts from the fields of civic education, student voice, and distributed leadership to build a youth-adult school governance…
Descriptors: Civics, Citizenship Education, Democratic Values, Teaching Methods