Each edition of the IDRA Newsletter strives to provide many different perspectives on the issues in education topics discussed and to define its significance in the state and national dialogue. This issue focuses on Principal Leadership and includes: (1) The Power of Partnerships in the Pursuit of Leadership Development to Transform Schools (Nilka…

The paper discusses the importance of developing gifted students' leadership potential to bring about world peace. Gifted children's sensitivity in social, moral, and ethical awareness should be nurtured through appropriate curricula, understanding of real-life problems, awareness of worldwide news, and direct communication with other gifted…

Explores aspects of learning and development within leadership preparation: preparing leaders for schools; learning, development, and forms of knowledge; the logic of activity and experience; and mentoring, partnerships, and networks. The paper discusses criticisms of leadership preparation, forms of knowledge in learning and leading, the logic of…

This document combines the findings of two projects for the purpose of making some overall observations about the state of religious youth work in the United States. The first project was a review of the literature on such programs. Research on the topic is rare, while a vast body of indirectly related research spans many disciplines and empirical…

Student leadership can become a malevolent force which can destroy or undermine individuals as well as the school community. Student leaders' roles in schools can also, however, be benevolent, leading to both personal development and school/community development. In schools for blacks in South Africa, black power and student power may combine to…

A survey of 73 parents, most having gifted children, examined perceptions of the development of leadership abilities. Parents identified: leader characteristics; their children's strongest and weakest areas of leadership skills; methods for encouraging leadership development; school opportunities for leadership experiences; the role of teachers,…

Observations of interactions of mixed-ability groups revealed three persistent challenges (inclusiveness, enacting the ideal, and monitoring growth) in which gifted students can develop and exercise leadership skills. Specific student strategies are proposed for each challenge. The role of teachers in developing leadership skills of gifted…

The development of the student as person and as group or community member became a major theme of educational innovation during the 1960s. Previously, most educators had sought to make a sharp distinction between intellectual and personal/social development, assigning the first to the schools, the latter to home and community. This distinction has…

Students who participated in the Bronte Creek Project, an integrated outdoor education program in Ontario that involves 11th-grade students in outdoor experiences and leadership opportunities, found the program to be authentic, felt empowered as a result of the program, became more responsible, and reported improved personal relations. (LP)

The 1979 Project Leadership-Service Conference, focusing on promoting the "Leader as Servant" leadership philosophy and facilitating self-discovery and personal development of participants, was conducted at Camp Miniwanca in Michigan for 50 Marion County high school seniors and 125 inner-city elementary school 6th graders from…

The 1981 Project Leadership-Service Conference, focusing on serving the community as the training ground for leadership, was conducted for 53 Indianapolis seniors who arrived in early August for 4 days preparatory training and 137 Indianapolis inner city sixth graders who arrived in mid-August. Ten teachers from the sixth graders' schools…

This report is a partial revision of an earlier report, released in the spring of 1989, that described programs in which young adolescents engaged in community service. The first chapter of the present report discusses the benefits that accrue to society and early adolescents when early adolescents engage in community service. The review process…