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Article: Utilization of concept maps in teaching leadership.(Report)
- Article from:
- Academic Exchange Quarterly
- Article date:
- June 22, 2007
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Abstract
The process of leadership is a complex phenomenon that is difficult for beginning leadership students to express and even harder for them to define. Concept maps are an advantageous pedogological activity for instructors to employ in leadership education. Concept maps provide a pictorial representation of students' mental models of leadership, and can be used to show the change and growth in those mental models.
Introduction
The process of leadership is a complex phenomenon that is difficult to define (Bass, 1990; Yukl, 1994; Northouse, 2007) especially for beginning leadership students. One instructional method used to assist students ...