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Dissertation
Evaluating an Alternative Staff Development Component to Prospective and Practicing School-based Leaders
University of West Florida Libraries
Doctor of Education (EDD), University of West Florida
2005
Abstract
The purpose of this descriptive study was to evaluate an alternative method of staff development. Using Kolb’s (1984) experiential learning theory, a treatment was designed to use fictional short stories to teach leadership concepts. The concepts were selected from current literature on leadership. Participating in this study were 47 prospective and practicing school-based leaders. The data indicate that participants made gains in both cognition and in their perceptions of their knowledge of leadership concepts. In addition, participants were able to relate characters and situations in short stories to real-life leadership situations. Participant evaluations of this study indicate that this staff development component is an effective method of teaching leadership concepts.
Details
- Title
- Evaluating an Alternative Staff Development Component to Prospective and Practicing School-based Leaders
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Publisher
- University of West Florida Libraries
- Format
- pdf
- Number of pages
- 135
- Copyright
- Permission granted to the University of West Florida Libraries to digitize and/or display this item for non-profit research and educational purposes. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions requires the permission of the copyright holder.
- Identifiers
- 99380090860806600
- Academic Unit
- School of Education
- Language
- English
- Awarding Institution
- University of West Florida; Doctor of Education (EDD)
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Education (EDD), University of West Florida