<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Secondary education plays a key role in developing sustainable leadership skills in students. This research analyses the characteristics of sustainable leadership of students at 2 secondary schools in Madeira Island (Portugal) in order to determine whether the type of school or gender of the students affect eight distinct domains: 1) self management; 2) interpersonal relations; 3) problem solving/decision making; 4) cognitive critical development/analysis; 5) organization and planning; 6) self-confidence; 7) diversity awareness; 8) technology. The Student Leadership Outcomes Inventory (SLOI) (Vann, 2000) was used to measure the leadership experiences of 158 senior students in these eight areas. Participants revealed moderate levels of sustainable leadership in the eight sub-scales. The findings show that students of Madeira Island who finish secondary education possess several well-developed sustainable leadership skills.</p></abstract>

Secondary education plays a key role in developing sustainable leadership skills in students. This research analyses the characteristics of sustainable leadership of students at 2 secondary schools in Madeira Island (Portugal) in order to determine whether the type of school or gender of the students affect eight distinct domains: 1) self management; 2) interpersonal relations; 3) problem solving/decision making; 4) cognitive critical development/analysis; 5) organization and planning; 6) self-confidence; 7) diversity awareness; 8) technology. The Student Leadership Outcomes Inventory (SLOI) (Vann, 2000) was used to measure the leadership experiences of 158 senior students in these eight areas. Participants revealed moderate levels of sustainable leadership in the eight sub-scales. The findings show that students of Madeira Island who finish secondary education possess several well-developed sustainable leadership skills.

Sustainable Leadership of Senior Students: The Case Study of Madeira

University of Madeira (CIE-UMa), Portugal

Mountain Research Centre – Polytechnical Institute of Bragança, Portugal

Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability

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Secondary education plays a key role in developing sustainable leadership skills in students. This research analyses the characteristics of sustainable...

Sustainable Leadership of Senior Students: The Case Study of Madeira

Published Online: Jun 07, 2010

Page range: 66 - 74

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10099-009-0047-9

Keywords
sustainable leadership, sustainable leadership skills, sustainable leadership abilities, competencies

This content is open access.

Sustainable Leadership of Senior Students: The Case Study of Madeira

Published Online: Jun 07, 2010

Page range: 66 - 74

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10099-009-0047-9

Keywordssustainable leadership, sustainable leadership skills, sustainable leadership abilities, competencies

This content is open access.

Keywords
sustainable leadership, sustainable leadership skills, sustainable leadership abilities, competencies