Exam 1 Flashcards
What is a learning community?
A cluster of learners that allows for interaction, sharing, dialoging, and thinking together.
7 Principles of learning and their roles?
- Learning is fundamental
- Knowledge is integrated into the life of communities
- Learning is an act of participation
- Knowledge depends on engagement in practice
- Engagement is inseparable from empowerment
- Failure to learn is often the result of exclusion from participation
- We are all natural lifelong learners
5 minds of the future
- Disciplined mind- has mastered at least one way of thinking, distinctive mode of cognition
- Synthesizing- takes information and breaks it down to where other people can understand
- Creative mind- builds on discipline and synthesis, finds new ways to get things done
- Respectful mind- notes and welcomes differences b/w human individuals and human groups; seeks to work effectively with them
- ethical mind- ponders the nature of one’s work and the needs and desires of the society in which one lives.
(CSRED)
Leadership Development
almost every form of growth or stage of development in the life cycle that promotes, encourages, and assists in one’s leadership potential.
Leadership Education
those learning activities and educational environments that are intended to enhance and foster leadership abilities
Which research avenue is typically associated with leader development?
A) self-awareness and insight
B) Understanding the effect a person has on others
Which research avenue is typically associated with leadership development?
A) Compare and contrast different theories, models, and perspectives
B) Accept one or more theories, models or perspectives as most appropriate to the situation`
6 Foundational principles of the Komives, Lucas, book
- Leadership is a concern of all of us
- Leadership is viewed and valued differently by various disciplines and cultures
- conventional views of leadership have changed
- Leadership can be exhibited in many ways.
- Leadership qualities and skills can be learned and developed.
- Leadership committed ethical action is needed to encourage change and social responsibility
Leadership paradigm-
mindsets, constructs, or mental models that create views which drive leadership behaviors
2 factors that determine the follower type
- commitment to performing in the group
2. Interest in group relationships
Four Types of Followers
- Politician- high relation, low performance
- Partner- high relation, high performance
- Contributor- low relation, high performance
- Subordinate- low relation, low performance
Positional Leader-
refers to a person in a leadership position who has been elected, selected, or hired to assume responsibility for a group working toward change
Leader-
any person who actively engages with others to accomplish change
Three components of leadership
- Focus- what do you need to learn?
- Capability- what resources do you need?
- Will- how can you get motivated
(FCW)
What are the major working definitions of leadership according to Allio?
- Simplistic- leadership is management
- Semantic- Leadership is the process of leading
- Transactional- Leadership is a social exchange between the leaders and followers
- Situational- leadership is a phenomenon that precedes and facilitates decisions and action
- Esthetic- leadership is craft or art