Abstract
“Tomorrow’s Leaders” is a general education subject aiming at promoting holistic development of undergraduate students in The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. In this paper, the author presented her views and reflections on teaching this subject for 2 years. Successful experiences and lessons learned in terms of the curriculum design, ways of building relationship with students, and the application of experiential learning in this subject were shared. It is highlighted that teacher’s reflective practices are fundamental for promoting students’ effective learning and teacher’s personal development.
Acknowledgments:
This work and the subject of “Tomorrow’s Leaders” are financially supported by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Nurturing university students to be Tomorrow’s Leaders
- Review Articles
- Emotional competence: a key leadership competence for university students
- Cognitive competence: a key positive youth development construct for university students
- Clear and positive identity as an attribute of an effective leader
- Resilience as a focus of a subject on leadership and intrapersonal development
- Developing self-leadership and responsibility and moving away from egocentrism
- Developing social competence in a subject on leadership and intrapersonal development
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Nurturing university students to be Tomorrow’s Leaders
- Review Articles
- Emotional competence: a key leadership competence for university students
- Cognitive competence: a key positive youth development construct for university students
- Clear and positive identity as an attribute of an effective leader
- Resilience as a focus of a subject on leadership and intrapersonal development
- Developing self-leadership and responsibility and moving away from egocentrism
- Developing social competence in a subject on leadership and intrapersonal development
- Spirituality as a key positive youth development construct for university students
- Nurturing moral competence in university students via a credit-bearing subject
- Reflective teaching in a holistic personal development course for Chinese university students: a case study
- A teacher’s reflection on teaching “Tomorrow’s Leaders” in university students in Hong Kong
- “Know thyself”: some personal reflections in teaching a subject on leadership and intrapersonal development
- Levels of reflection on teaching a leadership and positive youth development subject
- Riding on a roller coaster: personal reflections of teaching a subject on leadership and intrapersonal development
- Originial Article
- Subjective outcome evaluation of a university subject on leadership and intrapersonal development