Navigating Leadership Complexity Through Critical, Creative, and Practical Thinking

Abstract

Leadership education that intentionally addresses critical, creative, and practical thinking enhances significant learning for students and deepens the leadership practices of educators. This chapter explores specific applications in the areas of graduate leadership education, action research, service immersion program, and advising conversations. Additionally, it presents a framework of pathways to social change and suggests how such a framework can be useful to students and leadership educators.

Complementary Learning Objectives: The Common Competencies of Leadership and Service‐Learning

“…The evidence is clear that students can experience transformational learning and development through well‐designed service‐learning (Eyler, Giles, Stenson, & Gray, ). Given the connection between leadership development and social change (Pigza, ), it is no surprise that this learning and development includes enhancing competencies related to leadership.…”