Open AccessPREPARING STUDENTS FOR LEADERSHIP: THE ROLE OF UNIVERSITIES
Author(s) -
Marshall Christensen
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
neperervna profesìjna osvìta : teorìa ì praktika/neperervna profesìjna osvìta: teorìâ ì praktika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2412-0774
pISSN - 1609-8595
DOI - 10.28925/1609-8595.2019.1.510
Subject(s) - active listening , political science , public relations , pedagogy , educational leadership , atmosphere (unit) , psychology , communication , physics , thermodynamics
The article is devoted to the role of universities in preparing students for leadership. The article states that universitiesprovide opportunities that cultivate the leadership potential of their students, but rarely offer specific guidance for futureleaders. The article highlights the experience of Co-Serve International, a non-governmental organization based in theUSA, has realized over the past fifteen years in preparing future leaders. The methodology and the principles of Co-Serve International have been taken by partners to the USA, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Thailand, Afghanistan, the Philippinesand Nigeria. Co-Serve has learned that developing leaders is best achieved by non-traditional teaching methods, such as«action and reflection». Ten Ways Professors Can Model Leadership have been substantiated in the article: an exampleof leaders in their field of study; cultivatіоn of students self-awareness; respect for personality; a model of teachers’behaviour as a leadership-service for students; active listening as an act of service; helping students to find their purposeand achieve it; building community as an act of leadership; conflict resolution and development of the skills of forgiveness;creating an atmosphere of trust in the learning community; encouraging students who have achieved certain results.