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ERIC Number: EJ980987
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 20
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1552-9045
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Professor as Facilitator: Shaping an Emerging, Living System of Shared Leadership in the Classroom
Bright, David S.; Turesky, Elizabeth Fisher; Putzel, Roger; Stang, Thomas
Journal of Leadership Education, v11 n1 p157-176 Win 2012
From the perspective of emergence, professors can facilitate and shape a class as a complex, adaptive, and living system. A case study illustrates phases of emergence in the classroom by tracing how a professor may use this perspective to empower students to share in the leadership of the classroom. Instead of presenting lessons, the professor facilitates emergent activity, creating a classroom structure where students practice leadership behaviors. In this classroom structure, the professor assumes the leadership roles of coach and facilitator. As a result students building the classroom culture together they connect with each other: they develop strong relationships, take initiative, and learn important lessons about leadership. This article concludes with design principles for establishing a classroom of shared leadership in any teaching environment in any subject. (Contains 1 table.)
Association of Leadership Educators. e-mail: Jole@aged.tamu.edu; Web site: http://leadershipeducators.org/JOLE
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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