Advancing Active Learning in Educational Leadership Preparation: Using Data as a Catalyst of Change (Poster 13)

• In Event: Friday Poster Session 9:35 am
  In Poster Session: The Changing Landscape of Leadership Preparation, Partnerships, and Social Justice Advocacy

Abstract

We used Orr’s (2020) reflective framework to examine the impact of an equity-based approach to active learning on student learning and identity development. Students were asked to solve an authentic leadership problem facing a local community partner using mixed methods research steps. Analysis of two years of course data on student self-reflection demonstrated where growth took place. Analysis of the reflections of pedagogical partners revealed how they internalized the complex skills learned to change their leadership practices in their own contexts. By using data as a catalyst of change, students deepened their discrete and complex mixed methods research skills, this seemed to shift their identity and practice as leaders. Implications of this explicit transformative leadership preparation approach was discussed.

Authors

• Aubrey H. Wang, Saint Joseph's University

• Brittany Bronson, Saint Joseph's University

• Natalya Adelizzi, Saint Joseph's University

• Dan McDevitt, Saint Joseph's University