The depth of work required and the relationships built in the process of agreeing to a conceptual framework for leadership learning are daunting. Whatever expenditure of effort that is required, achieving a comfortable consensus pays off in expanding the reach and the potential impact of leadership learning initiatives. The ILA "General…

This article delves into the potential alignment between Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical insights and the contemporary critical educational paradigm of heutagogy, which advocates for self-determined learning. Heutagogy represents a significant shift in educational ideology, empowering learners with the autonomy to choose their learning paths…

In this article, we argue that the goal of reading literary text is the creation of interpretation, and we advocate for a research-based disciplinary literacy heuristic that centers on reading and interpreting literary text. The heuristic serves as a guide for designing instruction that incorporates important instructional principles for…

"To advance the practice and study of leadership for a better world" is the clear and stated mission of the International Leadership Association (ILA). The organization offers a commitment to the advancement of leadership as a broader commitment to the advancement of the global community. Generous in scope, this is cultivated through a…

The International Leadership Association's "General Principles for Leadership Programs" is a document designed to provide resources to create, redesign, and assess leadership programs. This article provides a broad introduction to the Venn diagram developed by the ILA Committee for the Advancement of Leadership Programs (CALP). It is…

International Leadership Association's "General Principles for Leadership Programs" is a fluid document designed to provide resources to create, redesign, and assess leadership programs. This article provides a broad introduction to the "General Principles for Leadership Programs," including the history and a brief overview of…

Leadership programs establish relevance and garner public trust in higher education by demonstrating their usefulness to communities and society across sectors. In this article, the General Principles were leveraged as a tool to make sense of a pedagogy of practice applied to coursework and programs over the course of programmatic growth. This…

With the dynamic interest and growth of Action Learning worldwide (with more than fifty varieties), research into their history and evolution has been enhanced with increasing preservation, access and use of primary archival sources. This is, of course, also relevant regarding "traditional" or "classical" Action Learning's…

ILA "General Principles for Leadership Programs" were originally conceived to advocate approaches to leadership cultivation that would increase visibility, encourage greater cooperation, and be applicable across diverse organizations and cultural contexts. Subsequent to their release as a concept paper, the "General Principles"…

Background/Purpose: The pedagogical thought of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi (1746-1827) has been recognized as one of the pillars of modern popular pedagogy and the Active School movement. His student-centered approach and emphasis on holistic development have significantly influenced contemporary educational trends. However, his legacy has not been…

Building on research on teacher noticing, the goal of this study was to understand what and how mathematics teacher educators notice critical events and how they make connections to consider the characteristics of distinguished coach noticing, meaning the noticing we would hope those coaching would attain to support teachers. We interviewed 29…

Purpose: The current literature on school teacher-created summative assessment lacks a clear consensus regarding its definition and key principles. The purpose of this research was therefore to arrive at a cohesive understanding of what constitutes effective summative assessment. Design/methodology/approach: Conducting a systematic literature…

This article provides an example of how a leadership studies program has addressed the call for attention to conceptual frameworks as outlined in the International Leadership Association's (2021) "General Principles for Leadership Programs." Faculty members from the Staley School of Leadership at Kansas State University share lessons…

District and central office leaders occupy a unique space in implementing new initiatives. This article presents how a national professional learning network provides a space for district curriculum leaders to learn and grow.

Generic sentences such as "Birds lay eggs" are used frequently and effortlessly, but there is no simple quantitative rule that determines whether they are true or false. For instance, while "Birds lay eggs" is considered true, "Birds are female" is considered false, even though there are necessarily fewer birds that…