What Do We Know About Formal Leadership Courses and Their Effects?

David M Rosch; Daniel M Jenkins

doi:10.1002/yd.20406

What Do We Know About Formal Leadership Courses and Their Effects?

New Dir Stud Leadersh. 2020 Dec;2020(168):31-41. doi: 10.1002/yd.20406.

Authors

David M Rosch¹, Daniel M Jenkins²

Affiliations

¹ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
² University of Southern Maine.

PMID: 33258234
DOI: 10.1002/yd.20406

Abstract

In this chapter, the authors review and critique the existing evidence supporting current leadership education pedagogical practices and their effects on student leadership development. They conclude with a series of suggestions for increasing deliberate practices in formal courses designed to improve leadership education.

MeSH terms

Adult
Curriculum*
Education, Professional / organization & administration*
Humans
Leadership*
Learning*
Universities*
Young Adult