Leadership Education Across Disciplines: The Social Science Perspective
Perruci G.
2014
Journal of Leadership Studies
5
10.1002/jls.21309
The current article makes a distinction between pedagogical delivery and "disciplinary foundations" in our approaches to leadership studies. Although the liberal arts are helpful in the delivery of leadership content in the classroom, it is argued that the content, at its core, remains a social science enterprise. Therefore, leadership programs should help students understand how leadership works as a social phenomenon. The current article shows how the McDonough curriculum moves students beyond leadership training (with its focus on skill building), using a social science-based working definition of leadership. Leadership education provides the opportunity to organize the curriculum using the social science lenses. By moving the focus away from the leader and examining instead the complex interaction of multiple components, a deeper understanding of how leadership works under different contexts, influenced by a variety of societal norms and values can be obtained. © 2014 University of Phoenix.
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