An Assessment of the Leadership Skills of College of Education Students at Marshall University.

Autor/in	Gordon, Howard R. D.
Titel	An Assessment of the Leadership Skills of College of Education Students at Marshall University.
Quelle	(1995), (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adjustment (to Environment); College Seniors; Communication Skills; Counseling Techniques; Decision Making Skills; Demography; Educational Innovation; Empathy; Higher Education; Leadership Qualities; Motivation; Preservice Teacher Education; Schools of Education; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Self Management; Sex Differences; State Universities; Student Attitudes; Student Characteristics; Supervision + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? College; Colleges; Senior; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Kommunikationsstil; Counseling technique; Counselling technique; Counselling techniques; Beratungsmethode; Demografie; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Empathie; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Führungseigenschaft; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Erziehungswissenschaftliche Fakultät; Selbstmanagement; Sex difference; Geschlechtsunterschied; Staatliche Universität; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	With the growing interest in leadership in teachers and in the debate over whether teacher education programs should foster leadership qualities, this study assessed how senior students enrolled in the College of Education at Marshall University (West Virginia) perceived their own leadership skills. Participants were a random sample of 170 students from a population of 300 enrolled in the summer semester of 1993. Usable data from a mailed questionnaire were received from 119 students. The instrument solicited demographic information, responses to 40 leadership skill statements, and information on the respondent's leadership activities and organizational involvements. Analysis found that 114 of the participants were white, that 79 percent were female, and that 62 percent worked 11-40 hours per week while attending school. Participants appeared to perceive themselves to have greater leadership skills in management of self and understanding others. Statements with the lowest ratings were in the categories of communications, motivating others, inspirational ability, and decision making. These low ratings suggests that communication skills are often too narrowly defined as merely writing and speaking. Except for gender, no other demographic characteristics explained variance. (Contains 26 references.) (JB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC