Study On Student Leadership Development Of International Curriculum High School Students

At a time of rapid international change,the need for future leaders who can bridge East and West has never been greater.This study focuses on student leadership among high school students in the International Curriculum,with the hope of expanding and deepening research in student leadership in high schools.By moving the study of student leadership from adults’ group to a younger age group which is consistent of high school students,it is hoped that more attention will be paid to early student leadership development.This study takes a case study of an X International Curriculum high school in Shanghai and adopts a qualitative research approach,using student leadership development stage theory and the educational stage model as the support for the study.Using a combination of interviews and textual analysis,interviews were conducted with20 students and five teachers in the X International Curriculum high school to analyze the current situation of student leadership;and to analyze the model of leadership education in the X International Curriculum high school from the perspective of the cognitive,pedagogical and practical dimensions of student leadership;and finally,to summarize the three-stage model of leadership development for high school students.The study found that:(1)X International Curriculum high school students have more mature cognition of student leadership.Students’ leadership experiences are adequate,and individual student traits are consistent with the traits required of student leaders.(2)The dimensions of school core values,campus culture,curriculum,student organization,activity support,and institutional support are closely related to student leadership development and serve as motivation for students to engage in leadership activities.(3)Based on the analysis of the first two parts of the study,the existing successful models of leadership development in X International Curriculum high schools are summarized and a three-stage model of leadership development for high school students is constructed,with the awareness-cognition stage,the interactionteaching stage and the mastery-practice stage as modules,and some recommendations are made according to the focus of each stage.