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Skalicky, Jane; Warr Pedersen, Kristin; van der Meer, Jacques; Fuglsang, Sally; Dawson, Phillip; Stewart, Sarah – Studies in Higher Education, 2020
Developing leadership in students is part of the remit of higher education institutions. In recent decades, student leadership development programs have proliferated at universities worldwide. However, the contested understanding of the term 'leadership' has resulted in lack of clarity regarding how this may be 'developed' in higher education.…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Student Leadership, Leadership Training
Arendale, D. R. – Online Submission, 2021
Too often student services have become a provider of discrete assistance in which one-way information transactions take place between the staff/student paraprofessionals providers and the students receiving the services. Students attend academic advising appointments, listen during tutorial or small groups study meetings, and read computer screens…
Descriptors: Student Leadership, Student Organizations, Student Development, College Students
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Walsh, Lucas; Black, Rosalyn; Zyngier, David; Fernandes, Venesser – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2019
Despite growing scholarly interest in student voice and leadership over the past two decades, both terms continue to be used with little consensus about their meaning. They are also often evoked without much clarity or agreement as to how they should be enabled or enacted, for what purposes they should be fostered, or what conditions are necessary…
Descriptors: Student Empowerment, Student Leadership, Indigenous Populations, Pacific Islanders
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Cross, Donna; Lester, Leanne; Barnes, Amy; Cardoso, Patricia; Hadwen, Kate – International Journal of Emotional Education, 2015
This study reports on a three-year group randomized controlled trial, the Cyber Friendly Schools Project (CFSP), aimed to reduce cyberbullying among grade 8 students during 2010-2012. In each year, 14-15 year old student "cyber" leaders acted as catalysts to develop and implement whole-school activities to reduce cyberbullying-related…
Descriptors: Bullying, Computer Mediated Communication, Student Behavior, Grade 8
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Berman, Naomi; White, Alexandra – Youth Studies Australia, 2013
The media plays a significant role in shaping cultural norms and attitudes, concomitantly reinforcing "body" and "beauty" ideals and gender stereotypes. Unrealistic, photoshopped and stereotyped images used by the media, advertising and fashion industries influence young people's body image and impact on their feelings of body…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Media Literacy, Secondary School Students, Sex Stereotypes
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Kimmins, Lindy R. – Journal of Peer Learning, 2013
Technological advancements have forced space and time to evolve to present a virtual university that allows increasing numbers of students to study from a university rather than at university. The best people to guide and advise students through their university journey are experienced students. As Longfellow, May, Burke, and Marks-Maran (2008, p.…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Student Leadership, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology