Learning Awareness, Student Engagement, and Change: A Transformation in Leadership Development

In this study, the authors tested a revised teaching-learning instructional model for implementing a consumer-centric approach to leadership development. Significant segments of the model included mutual interdependency, reflective learning, and required student engagement. Results of the test indicate that students perceive self-discovery learning through real-life leadership scenarios as an effective way to acquire knowledge about leadership. Students are capable of connecting the activities that they performed during the change process with leadership theory, principles, and practices that they learned at a later date.