Using Aha! Moments to Understand Leadership Theory uri icon

abstract

  • As Huber (2002) noted, striving to understand how leadership is taught and learned is both a challenge and an opportunity facing leadership educators. This article describes the Leadership Aha! Moment assignment used in a leadership theory course to help students recognize the intersection of leadership theories and their daily lives while practicing their written communication skills. The assignment requires a paper in which students describe when they experienced something outside of class during the semester that made them understand something from the course on a deeper level. Anecdotal evidence suggests that the assignment is helping students connect with course content on a more personal level.

published proceedings

  • Journal of Leadership Education

author list (cited authors)

  • Moore, L. L., & Lewis, L. J.

citation count

  • 1

complete list of authors

  • Moore, Lori L||Lewis, Lauren J

publication date

  • July 2012