THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LEARNING ACTIVITY PACKAGES TO DEVELOP INNOVATIVE LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
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This study was to 1) develop the Learning Activity Packages to develop innovative leadership competencies for undergraduate students 2) compare innovative leadership competencies of undergraduate students before and after the application of the Learning Activity Packages that the researcher constructed. The sample group in this study was 33 undergraduate students who enrolled in leadership skills subject in semester 1/2015. The research instruments were 1) lesson plans using Learning Activity Packages 2) questionnaire asking for appropriateness of lesson plans 3) innovative leadership competencies questionnaires Data analysis was content analysis, mean, standard deviation and t-test. The research results revealed the following:
1) Four lesson plans were constructed using Learning Activity Packages covering 20 learning activities for developing 4 innovative leadership competencies. They are creative, confident, caring and courageous competencies. The sample learned for 24 hours. Learning Activities for Creative competency consisted of 5 activities with 6 hours duration, that is, Attribute Activity, Vision Creation Activity, Visualization Skills Activity, Analogies Activity and Case Study of a creative leader. Learning Activities for Confident competency consisted of 5 activities with 6 hours duration, that is, Self Esteem Activity, What are you good at Activity, Level of Confidence Activity, Your Idol Leader Activity and Case Study of a confident leader. Learning Activities for Caring competency consisted of 5 activities with 6 hours duration, that is, Who’s wrong Activity, Positive Feedback Activity, Perspectives Activity, Consequences Activity and Case Study of a caring leader. Learning Activities for Courageous competency consisted of 5 activities with 6 hours duration, that is, Choosing Colors Activity, Dare to Change Activity, Your Risky Goal Activity, Exchange Activity and Case Study of a courageous leader. The effectiveness of the Learning Activity Packages after revising according to experts’ opinions was appropriate to be used for developing innovative leadership competencies.
2) Innovative leadership competencies scores before and after the learning from the packages was 3.62 and 3.86, respectively. The posttest scores of innovative leadership competencies were higher significantly than the pretest scores at 0.05 level of significance. In particular, the highest competency development was caring ( = 4.20, S.D. = 0.22) and confident (
= 3.78, S.D. = 0.22) competencies. The lowest competency development was courageous (
= 3.74, S.D. = 0.28) and creative (
= 3.70, S.D. = 0.32) competencies.
In conclusion, the Learning Activity Packages can be used to develop innovative leadership competencies with positive results and the development of innovative leadership competencies will be more effective if there are support from educational institutions, self-awareness and self-discipline from learners and systematic development from teachers.
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