- Title
- The student perspective
- Creator
- Dyson, Michael; Plunkett, Margaret
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- Text; Book chapter
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/165255
- Identifier
- vital:13216
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5732-8_5
- Identifier
- ISBN:978-981-10-5731-1
- Abstract
- As previously highlighted in Chap. 4, the themes of ‘relationships’, ‘community’, ‘student engagement’, ‘leadership’, and ‘communication’ continually emerge in the research that has been conducted with the School for Student Leadership (SSL). This chapter draws on the data gathered from participating students during 2006 from the Alpine campus and 2007 from both the Alpine and Snowy River campuses. Data consisted of responses to pre and post surveys and focus group discussions. Common themes emerged as the students told their stories about their time at the SSL. They highlighted the value of the opportunities provided for developing a better understanding of themselves as individuals, while also learning to value being part of a community. However, the focus of this chapter is on leadership and its concomitant impact on communication. The data revealed that students often arrived at the school with limited understandings of leadership, couched in traditional views of authoritarian styles which were accepted as being the only way to lead. The experiences at the school provided opportunities for students to obtain a broader understanding of what it means to be a leader, particularly from an adolescent perspective. The underpinning philosophy of the SSL, together with the match between theory and practice, encourages and guides students in understanding themselves and their value to the group, while also facilitating integrated and authentic leadership, which is distinguishable by positive social outcomes.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Relation
- Surviving, thriving and reviving in adolescence : Research and narratives from the school for student leadership Chapter 5 p. 69-90
- Rights
- Copyright © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- Alternate educational setting; Adolescent relationships; Contemporary rite of passage; Personal growth; Student leadership; Social emotional development; Residential education; School for student leadership; Middle years education; Alternative education; Education in Australia
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