Leadership in Song: Developing Collaboration, Community, and Leadership Practices through Music in an Online Course
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Morgan
Session Format
Presentation
Abstract
This proposal based on a study entitled, “Leadership in Song: Developing Collaboration, Community, and Leadership Practices through Music in an Online Course” outlines how music can be used as a pedagogical tool in an online synchronous educational leadership class to (a) inform educator practice, (b) build community, and (c) provide a transferrable activity that school leaders can modify for use with various stakeholders in their schools. Based on student responses, this assignment underscores how music, an often-underutilized pedagogical tool in academia, can be used to enhance collaboration and self-reflection, revise initial ideas and acknowledge diverse perspectives. Importantly, this particular lesson can be used with students, teachers, and school leaders as a team building exercise in a classroom, with a leadership team, at the beginning of the school year to help faculty and staff form a community around the school’s goal and mission.
Keywords
collaboration, community, music as a pedagogical tool, online courses
Professional Bio
Dr. Sheryl J. Croft is an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership in Bagwell College of Education of Kennesaw State University, Program Chair of the Doctorate Educational Leadership, and Director of Teaching in the Urban South (TITUS), a multi-state affiliation of scholars dedicated to ensuring educational opportunities for marginalized students throughout the Southeast. Her research focus in practice and scholarship explores the ramifications of national and state educational reform within school settings, authentic collaborations between K-12 and higher education, teaching and learning tools, and the ways in which school leaders using historical paradigms can provide educational opportunities for all students.
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Recommended Citation
Croft, Sheryl J., "Leadership in Song: Developing Collaboration, Community, and Leadership Practices through Music in an Online Course" (2024). Georgia Educational Research Association Conference. 36.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gera/2024/2024/36
Leadership in Song: Developing Collaboration, Community, and Leadership Practices through Music in an Online Course
Morgan
This proposal based on a study entitled, “Leadership in Song: Developing Collaboration, Community, and Leadership Practices through Music in an Online Course” outlines how music can be used as a pedagogical tool in an online synchronous educational leadership class to (a) inform educator practice, (b) build community, and (c) provide a transferrable activity that school leaders can modify for use with various stakeholders in their schools. Based on student responses, this assignment underscores how music, an often-underutilized pedagogical tool in academia, can be used to enhance collaboration and self-reflection, revise initial ideas and acknowledge diverse perspectives. Importantly, this particular lesson can be used with students, teachers, and school leaders as a team building exercise in a classroom, with a leadership team, at the beginning of the school year to help faculty and staff form a community around the school’s goal and mission.
