The Role of Civic Engagement in Undergraduate Leadership Courses

Johnson, Matthew S.; Woodard, Justin

doi:10.12806/v13/i1/r1

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“…With regard to pre-college activities and leader emergence, our findings noted that students who participated in community service/volunteering, extracurriculars, and peer tutoring pre-college were more likely to engage in leadership activities during college. This discovery supports previous studies, which have shown civic engagement to be a powerful driver for leadership development (e.g., Johnson & Woodard, 2014). Our results also highlight that pre-college participation in extracurriculars, such as camps and academies, can influence leadership development (Bates et al, 2019) and underscore the leadership connection to peer tutoring (e.g., Hogan, 2000).…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 90%

WE’RE NOT WORKING WITH A BLANK SLATE: Students’ pre-college leadership activities and perceived parenting behavior as predictors of college-based leader emergence and leader self-efficacy

McCarron¹,

Zhou²,

Campbell³

et al. 2022

Journal of Leadership Education

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The purpose of this study was to explore how variables such as student demographics, pre-college leadership activities, and perceived pre-college parenting behaviors predict students' leader self-efficacy (i.e., individuals' confidence in themselves to lead and belief that others will support their leadership [Hannah et al., 2008]) in college and leader emergence (i.e., college-based leadership involvements [DeRue & Ashford, 2010]) in college.Undergraduate students (n = 420) at a large, public university in the Mid-Atlantic were surveyed to examine these relationships and data were analyzed using hierarchical and logistic regression, with appropriate controls and moderators. Findings included discovery that pre-college engagement with sports team positional leadership, community service, extracurriculars, and positive parenting behaviors, such as family routine and greater quality time with parents, predicted leader self-efficacy. Further, findings noted that pre-college community service, extracurriculars, peer tutoring and perceptions of parental quality time and proactive parenting predicted leader emergence. This study suggests that students' leadership development is influenced by myriad systems across the lifespan and demonstrates that, as educators committed to student development, we must engage the full arc of our students' leadership journeys and provide for intentional partnerships between higher education and the K-12 community.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 90%

WE’RE NOT WORKING WITH A BLANK SLATE: Students’ pre-college leadership activities and perceived parenting behavior as predictors of college-based leader emergence and leader self-efficacy

McCarron¹,

Zhou²,

Campbell³

et al. 2022

Journal of Leadership Education

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“…In conclusion, we echo Johnson and Woodard's (2014) challenge to further explore leadership education's role in fulfilling higher education's civic mission. Through servicelearning, leadership educators can create a learning environment that challenges students to not only consider social challenges, but apply leadership for the common good through civic engagement.…”

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“…However, Johnson and Woodard's (2014) review of introductory leadership curricula identified a need to strengthen the intersections between leadership education and civic engagement. Of the 77 leadership course syllabi they studied, only about one quarter of them included a civic component (Johnson & Woodard, 2014). Although servicelearning has been documented as a source of learning used in student leadership development (Allen & Hartman, 2009), Jenkins (2012) reported that out of a sample of 303 leadership educators, only 11.2% (n = 34) identified service-learning as one of their "top three" most used instructional strategies (p. 13).…”

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confidence: 99%

The Hunger Project: Exercising Civic Leadership with the Community for the Common Good in an Introductory Leadership Course

Priest¹,

Bauer²,

Fine³

2015

Journal of Leadership Education

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Contemporary trends in leadership education emphasize paradigms of learning and educational practices associated with developing responsible citizens, furthering higher education's civic mission. Yet, few introductory leadership courses include an explicit civic component (Johnson & Woodard, 2014). Service-learning is a high-impact practice designed to link the classroom and community in meaningful ways (Kuh, 2008). This application brief illustrates how Kansas State University faculty, students, and community partners engaged in a semester-long service-learning experience for the purpose of exercising leadership to make progress on the social issue of food insecurity. We describe how service-learning can be a catalyst to explore and engage the learning nexus of social challenges, leadership, and civic engagement in an introductory leadership course.

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“…Leadership education programs assist in the development of leaders who make change in their national and international communities. Civic learning and engagement can be the catalyst for student learning in leadership development and education programs across the country (Brungardt, Greenleaf, Brungardt, & Arensdorf, ; Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS), , ; Johnson & Woodard, ).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Civic Investment Plan: A Case Study Connecting Civic Engagement and Leadership Development

Arensdorf

Brungardt

2017

J of Leadership Studies

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Fort Hays State University (FHSU) has been actively engaged in civic learning and engagement for over a decade. Despite many successes, our civic education initiative faces substantial challenges. The current paper articulates a series of recommendations and changes, driven by an internal audit and best practice research, to expand efforts to reach all students and institutionalize this important work throughout universities. Civic learning and engagement offers opportunities for leadership students and faculty to practice “doing” leadership. By adopting community engagement as a pedagogy and practice, leadership education programs are preparing the next generation of active and engaged citizens. FHSU’s Civic Investment Plan seeks to encourage a wider conversation among leadership educators about the role of leadership education in the development of civic leaders in an effort permeate the work across the entire academy.

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The Role of Civic Engagement in Undergraduate Leadership Courses

Cited by 8 publications

References 16 publications

WE’RE NOT WORKING WITH A BLANK SLATE: Students’ pre-college leadership activities and perceived parenting behavior as predictors of college-based leader emergence and leader self-efficacy

WE’RE NOT WORKING WITH A BLANK SLATE: Students’ pre-college leadership activities and perceived parenting behavior as predictors of college-based leader emergence and leader self-efficacy

The Hunger Project: Exercising Civic Leadership with the Community for the Common Good in an Introductory Leadership Course

Civic Investment Plan: A Case Study Connecting Civic Engagement and Leadership Development

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