How do leadership educators and developers help learners build the capacity to navigate our uncertain, ambiguous, and changing world? How must we reconsider our understanding of and approaches to assessment and evaluation in contexts of complexity? These are just some of the questions explored in a special issue of New Directions for Student Leadership (Wiley), which includes entries authored by two Staley School of Leadership faculty. This journal series offers insights and practical applications for scholars and practitioners in leadership education, focusing on the development of leadership in high school and college students.
Tim Steffensmeir, Ph.D., professor, director of Third Floor Research, and Kansas State university’s assistant vice president and director of engagement and outreach, contributed to a chapter entitled Emergent teaching movements in leadership development: Group relations, case-in-point, and intentional emergence. This article explores three pedagogical approaches that de-center the instructor, prioritize co-creation and emergence, and provide living laboratories for students to examine their assumptions and default behaviors related to leadership. Steffensmeir’s co-authors were Dr. John Weng, University of San Diego, and Dr. Linette Werner, Hamlin University.
Brandon Kliewer, Ph.D., associate professor of civic leadership, contributed to a chapter entitled, Attending to the complexities of leadership learning and practice: Emergent-based assessment and evaluation strategies. This chapter explores how to conduct assessment when utilizing emergence-based teaching methods in leadership education, and provides recommendations for broadening and engaging in higher-level learning outcomes. The article was co-authored with Dr. Krista Soria, University of Idaho.
Leadership learning and development is one of the Staley School’s research focus areas. The School is committed to supporting leadership educators and developers everywhere by sharing practices that are relevant and responsive to today’s dynamic world.
