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Leadership

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Leadership Development And Ethnic Identity Of Latina/O Students At Rowan University, Andrew Montanez Aug 2016

Leadership Development And Ethnic Identity Of Latina/O Students At Rowan University, Andrew Montanez

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the influences of leadership and ethnic identity among selected Rowan University Latina/o undergraduate students. More specifically, the study replicated Oldham’s (2008) research, which was based on Erikson's Identity Development Theory (1980) and the Leadership Identity Model of Komives, Owen, Longerbeam, and Mainella (2005). In addition, the study probed how Latina/o Rowan University undergraduate students viewed their ethnicity using Phinney’s (1992) Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM).

Students were surveyed randomly via an electronic version of the instrument on Rowan’s Volvici survey software, and by convenience sampling through paper formatted surveys gathered at the …


How Female Social Studies Department Chairs Navigate Their Roles As Leaders, Jeffrey C. Eargle Jan 2016

How Female Social Studies Department Chairs Navigate Their Roles As Leaders, Jeffrey C. Eargle

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During the past four decades, state and federal education policy in the United States has focused on standardization and increased accountability. In contrast, education researchers advocate elevating the status of teachers through the professionalization of education. Teacher leadership is a concept that is used to reform schools and increase student achievement. The high school department chair is a formal teacher leadership role in the school hierarchy. Because research indicates that a majority of social studies teachers are male, female social studies department chairs are in a position to lead predominantly men.

A gap exists in the research on social studies …