Perceived benefits of a university subject on leadership and intrapersonal development
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Daniel T.L. Shek
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Janet T.Y. Leung
Abstract
This paper examines the perceived benefits of a university subject on leadership and intrapersonal development (“Tomorrow’s Leaders” at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) from the perspective of the students. Based on the reflections of 62 students, several perceived benefits of the subject were identified, including promotion of self-understanding, enhancement of intrapersonal and interpersonal qualities, improvement of relationships with peers and their families, cultivation of new perspectives towards life, development of moral and ethical decision-making capacities, having better adjustment to the university life, acquisition of knowledge and skills to become effective leaders, and building up of competencies that will be useful in their future lives and career. These findings illustrate the importance of an effective university subject that attempts to promote the holistic development of young people.
Acknowledgments
The authorship of this paper is equally shared by the first author and the second author. This work and the subject “Tomorrow’s Leaders” are financially supported by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- A tale of two innovative leadership subjects in Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China
- Review
- Teaching a subject on leadership and intrapersonal development: some personal reflections
- Original Articles
- Leadership and intra-personal development: relevance to Chinese nursing students
- Evaluation of a subject on leadership and intrapersonal development: views of the students based on qualitative evaluation
- Perceptions of a university subject on leadership and intrapersonal development: reflections of the scholarship recipients
- Do university students change after taking a subject on leadership and intrapersonal development?
- Post-course subjective outcome evaluation of a subject on leadership and intrapersonal development for university students in Hong Kong
- Post-lecture subjective outcome evaluation of a university subject on leadership and positive youth development in Hong Kong
- The role of teachers in youth development: reflections of students
- Perceived benefits of a university subject on leadership and intrapersonal development
- Effectiveness of a Chinese positive youth development program: the Project P.A.T.H.S. in Hong Kong
- The relationship between subjective outcome evaluation and objective outcome evaluation findings: evidence from China
- The students were happy, but did they change positively?
- Service leadership education for university students in Hong Kong: subjective outcome evaluation
- Service leadership education for university students in Hong Kong: qualitative evaluation
- Process evaluation of a pilot subject on service leadership for university students in Hong Kong
- Book Reviews
- European yearbook of disability law Mortsel
- Care of the adult with intellectual disability in primary care
Artikel in diesem Heft
- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- A tale of two innovative leadership subjects in Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China
- Review
- Teaching a subject on leadership and intrapersonal development: some personal reflections
- Original Articles
- Leadership and intra-personal development: relevance to Chinese nursing students
- Evaluation of a subject on leadership and intrapersonal development: views of the students based on qualitative evaluation
- Perceptions of a university subject on leadership and intrapersonal development: reflections of the scholarship recipients
- Do university students change after taking a subject on leadership and intrapersonal development?
- Post-course subjective outcome evaluation of a subject on leadership and intrapersonal development for university students in Hong Kong
- Post-lecture subjective outcome evaluation of a university subject on leadership and positive youth development in Hong Kong
- The role of teachers in youth development: reflections of students
- Perceived benefits of a university subject on leadership and intrapersonal development
- Effectiveness of a Chinese positive youth development program: the Project P.A.T.H.S. in Hong Kong
- The relationship between subjective outcome evaluation and objective outcome evaluation findings: evidence from China
- The students were happy, but did they change positively?
- Service leadership education for university students in Hong Kong: subjective outcome evaluation
- Service leadership education for university students in Hong Kong: qualitative evaluation
- Process evaluation of a pilot subject on service leadership for university students in Hong Kong
- Book Reviews
- European yearbook of disability law Mortsel
- Care of the adult with intellectual disability in primary care
