Explores the leadership behavior of the deans of students in Kenya's public universities. Found significant differences among the perceptions of the deans of students, student affairs staff members, and student leaders regarding the real and ideal leadership behavior of the deans of students with regard to initiating structure and consideration.…

Describes the Greenway Experience, an internationally acclaimed environmental education program that trains teenagers to teach children about their environment. The program is designed to provide teenagers with self-esteem building experiences as leaders in environmental education programs. (MCO)

Successful school program innovation must incorporate technology as a tool to enhance teaching and learning. Employing a club structure that encourages student and staff leadership development, a Kansas junior high school integrates technology by organizing Web sites around themes and topics supporting the notion of community. Contains 12 Web site…

The leadership characteristics of 163 gifted Chinese secondary students in Hong Kong were assessed with the use of the Roets Rating Scale for Leadership (RRSL). Higher self-ratings were found for characteristics related to aspiring to leadership and achievement, openness to novel experiences and different perspectives, and high energy level than…

Using longitudinal data from 875 students, assesses whether student participation in leadership education and training programs has an impact on educational and personal development. Results indicate that leadership participants showed growth in civic responsibility, leadership skills, multicultural awareness, understanding of leadership theories,…

Dissatisfied with their present parent-teacher conference format, an Iowa middle school perused the literature on student-led conferences and established three program implementation phases: initial preparations, conferences, and evaluations. Students selected portfolio items, decided what to discuss with parents, and rehearsed the conference…

Reports that despite alarming news stories about growing academic dishonesty on college campuses, new research confirms the effectiveness of strategies such as modified honor codes that emphasize student leadership and intensive programming about the importance of academic integrity. Offers 10 specific guidelines for implementing a modified honor…

Describes different methods for instilling musical leadership in students from the beginning of their music instruction, such as peer example or cooperative-learning strategies. Explains that student confidence is undermined by the belief that leadership is a personality characteristic, but students are reassured when they understand it as a set…

More than two-thirds of all African American males who begin college never finish. This and a legion of other discouraging facts about African American males are the usual headlines. Sharon Fries-Britt suggests that "the disproportionate focus on Black underachievement in the literature not only distorts the image of the community of Black…

The 1997 reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) called for an increase in student involvement in individualized education program (IEP) meetings. To determine the extent of student involvement in educational planning, this study observed 109 middle and high school IEP meetings; 90% of the participants completed a…

The Lewiston School System has increased staffing to handle the language acquisition needs of its burgeoning number of English language learners, but the Lewiston High School community looked outside the school system for help in dealing with the sociocultural issues that inevitably arise when different cultures come together. The school turned to…

A study surveyed 110 randomly selected students from 16 randomly selected Future Homemakers of America/Home Economics Related Occupations (FHA/HERO) Chapters in high schools in a southern state to identify leadership training topics. Two instruments were used: Demographic Questionnaire and Leadership Training Topic Questionnaire (LTTQ). The LTTQ…

In recent years, social studies educators have given serious attention to the apparent crisis of citizenship and the improvement of civic education in the United States. Insufficient attention, however, has been given to the place of leadership in civic education. Yet, youth leadership is big business in the United States. Each year, over half a…

This review was a formative assessment project designed to introduce teacher education candidates to many of the concepts and methods related to evaluation and course assessment within the framework of an actual curriculum course. Students were afforded the opportunity to work in simulated curriculum committees. Through informed decision making…

The purpose of this study was to describe the leadership and personal development abilities possessed by four groups of male high school seniors. These groups were those high school seniors who participated in high quality (superior) Future Farmers of America (FFA) chapters and low quality (non-superior) FFA chapters and those from schools with…