A model for developing student leaders through student activities
A model for developing student leaders through student activities
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2009
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Assumption University
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Assumption University. Graduate School of Education
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Scholar: AU Graduate School of Education Journal 1, 1 (2009), 71-75
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The objectives of this study were: 1) To identify characteristics of student leaders; 2) To
ascertain a taxonomy of student leader characteristics; 3) To propose a model for developing new student
leaders through student activities. The research methodology was divided into 5 steps according to the
objectives. The first procedure in the research design was to identify characteristics of the leader, so the
researcher reviewed materials from various sources such as leadership documents, textbooks, websites,
research, journals. In addition, the researcher used content analysis methods to synthesize leadership
characteristics that existed in leadership theories and found out core characteristics of leaders as presented
in dendrograms. The second procedure in the research design was to ascertain a taxonomy of student leader
characteristics. The researcher used the core leader characteristics to create the Student Leader
Characteristics Checklist and test validity through input from experts combined with using a pilot study of
30 university students at ABAC for a reliability test. Next, a survey of student leaders at universities in
Thailand was conducted. The result was the development of Grounded theory of Thai University Student
Leader Characteristics. The third procedure in the research design was to find the gaps between student
leader characteristics and general leader characteristics. That meant the researcher had to compare the
characteristics of student leaders and what ideal characteristics of the leader could potentially be. These
were tabulated and grouped by frequency count. The fourth procedure in the research design proposed a
model for developing new student leaders through student activities. After determining the missing
characteristics of the student leaders, these were matched to student leader characteristics using student
activities. If none of the activities enhanced missing characteristics, they were recommending for the new
activities. The fifth procedure in the research design was to test the proposed model using expert review.
The researcher used the connoisseurship model technique to evaluate the model by the judgment of experts
toward the proposed model. Finally, after running through these procedures, a model was developed for
new student leaders through student activities. The major findings were as follows : 1) the characteristics of
the leader are divided into four dimensions : Intellectual Dimension, Social Dimension, Style Dimension
and Management Dimension. 2) The student leader characteristics were in four dimensions but the most
non-evident characteristics were Creativity and Critical thinking, Emotional intelligence, Vision and Work
in team. 3) A proposed model for developing student leader characteristics through the student activities
program in order to enhance the characteristics of the student leaders that reflected on 4 dimensions of the
leader characteristics.
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