Future Research Ideas (Plan B)
As TSS and UW students continue to explore SLD and TSS leadership education curriculum I wanted to provide some future ideas for Plan B topics. Some of these would be a bit of a challenge based on timing, but could be problem solved if the graduate student knew soon enough in advance.
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Evaluative Study of leadership education with in the Graduate Program.
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There is currently a study that assessed different leadership skills. Students self assessed themselves on different leadership attributes, were assessed by bosses or professors, and then were assess by peers or those working closest with them. The results were then displayed on one graph demonstrating the differences between each. This could be done over time within the graduate program, especially since TSS already has a culture and appreciation for feedback.
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Citation
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Allen, J. G., Wasicsko, M. M. & Chirichello, M. (2014). The missing link: teaching the dispositions to lead. NCPEA International Journal of Leadership Preparation, 9(1), 1-13.
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Evaluative study on lesson planning for Graduate Program
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I think the idea of covert versus overt leadership goals is an interesting idea. I think it would be interesting to look at complete lesson plans for entire programs and actually see the all the ways we teach leadership in very covert ways. This might even be interesting to compare a Field Education lesson plan with a Journey’s lesson plan.
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Check out the citation below, which describes “sources of learning,” that kind of point out those covert ways of teaching leadership.
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Allen, S. J., & Hartman, N. S. (2009). Sources of learning in student leadership development programming. Journal of Leadership Studies, 3(3), 6-16. Doi:10.1002/jls.20119
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Evaluative Study of L.A. Carson
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The Carson High School program has been coming to TSS for a long time and has done a lot of work in leadership education. There is a ton of data, through interviews and conversations with the lead teacher to be collected. Based on the program’s timing, you could also do a true evaluative study of looking at the intended goals of leadership and then the observed outcomes. You will need to be very motivated to get this set up in time, but I think it could be a very strong project.
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