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Teaching a subject on leadership and intrapersonal development: some personal reflections

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Published/Copyright: July 23, 2014

Abstract

A 14-week university course on Leadership and Intrapersonal development was taught in the fall of 2011 to a group of 49 undergraduate students. The teacher reflects on different aspects of the course, his experience as a teacher, his views on how the course impacted him and his students, and the need for such a course at the university. It was concluded that the course is an excellent platform to develop more critical-minded students who are better equipped to tackle university studies and life in general.


Corresponding author: Allen Dorcas, Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hunghom, Hong Kong, P. R. China, E-mail:

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Received: 2012-10-15
Accepted: 2012-12-10
Published Online: 2014-7-23
Published in Print: 2014-11-1

©2014 by De Gruyter

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