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Constructing Leadership Identities through Participation in a Leadership Living-Learning Community
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Priest, Kerry L. |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Abstract | This case study conceptually illustrated how a leadership living-learning community provided an educational context well suited to enhance development of leaders within changing leadership and educational paradigms. Specifically, it highlighted how both leadership and learning have come to be viewed as sociocultural processes, and presented theoretical and applied descriptions of “communities of practice” and the identity formation process of “legitimate peripheral participation” (Lave & Wenger, 1991). The unit of analysis for this case study was a first-year, leadership-themed living-learning community at a four-year, land-grant university in the Eastern United States. The purpose of the study was to explore how college students constructed leadership identities as they moved from first year members to second year peer leaders in the living-learning community. Nine sophomore students serving in peer leader roles and four faculty members serving as program instructors were the primary study participants. In-depth qualitative interviews with students and faculty, analysis of key program documents and students’ written assignments, and a confirmatory student focus group contributed to the creation of eight primary themes and one overarching theme describing how students constructed leadership identities through community participation. The eight themes included access to experiences of membership, meanings of the firstyear experience, beliefs about leadership, peer leader roles and practices, knowing in practice, meanings of multi-membership, and embodiment of the program mission. The overarching |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://theses.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06262012-175711/unrestricted/Priest_KL_D_2012.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
