Download - Artifact 1 Reflective Leadership Reflection
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Were not looking for a leader, as much as were looking for a conscious. We are not looking for a
leader to rule us, everyone who went to the square was a leader, what we are looking for is a
conscious Ahmed Hassan in The Square
REFLECTION ON LEADERSHIP EXPRESS PROJECT
INTRODUCTION
Much like student development theory, leadership theory proved to be frustrating at first, largely
because early leadership theories reflected trait and values based strengths and individualism. These
were frameworks I did not relate to in my own leadership experience, particularly because of
identifying as first-generation college student knowing little about what leadership roles were
available to me, and identifying as a feminist and disliking patriarchal frameworks of leadership. I
address these issues, and liberation frameworks in the final reflection paper for our leadership course.
REFLECTIVE LEADERSHIP
This literature review primarily displays the learning outcome of reflective leadership. In this reflection,
I reflected critically on the historical implications of leadership, including: individualism, the banking
model of education, hegemony within leadership theory, and the banking model educational leaders
can impose on students. In a series of questions at the end of the reflection, I pose questions for
critical self reflection devoted to integration of defining and applying leadership theories in a higher
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education setting. In this reflection, I bring in my own story of professional strengths and weaknesses
by discussing various learning disabilities, which have impacted my academic life and thus my efficacy
to succeed in a academic setting. I juxtapose this with my strength of looking at ways the academic
as a system privileges able-bodied people, and use the pictures as an example of a learning
community. This liberation framework of leadership that has developed out of my own educational
journey is one of many frameworks I continue to employ to empower others to lead. An understanding
and application of ethics and social justice is discussed in the questions section.