Question/ The portfolio you write on the reflection of your learning on your leadership skills and alignment with theory

The assignment is based on what are described as constructivist approaches to learning, providing you the opportunity to: - review leadership theories and juxtapose these against those your own theories. - critically reflect on how your own theories of leadership were influenced or reformulated by the course readings and activities (explicit theory) - identify and critically discuss any particular aspects of leadership that you would like to strengthen as part of your own personal and professional development. - demonstrate use of conceptual theoretical knowledge. - creation of new knowledge and skills evident in final summary. - able to structure clearly and cohesively, with style and fluency.

Compile your written blog and pictures into a Word document for submission This will be part of the appendix. The Portfolio should include: - Compare and contrast your initial depiction of leadership and your revised understanding. Highlight the different theoretical approaches on leadership. - Outline how you have deepened your understanding and knowledge of leadership through the collaboration. - Conclude by discussing key aspects of leadership that you would like to strengthen as part of your future personal and professional development.

1. Demonstrates use of practical/experiential knowledge and demonstrates how 'lay' theories of leadership were changed and shaped by experiential activity - Describing how personal understanding of leadership has been shaped through interaction/discussion while working with your group members OR discussing your group members views of leadership and how its same/different to your leadership views. 2. Demonstrates conceptual theoretical knowledge and integrative thinking - This is referring to your understanding of leadership from a theoretical perspective (literature review on leadership theories) - you need to mention actual leadership theories and information on leadership, make sure you show you have done your research. Cite properly. 3. Sociocultural knowledge evidentegotiated meaning/can explain how lay theories of leadership changed based on others' reactions/input - This is referring to your ability to working with a team to achieve outcomes. How well were you able to do it? What sort of issues/challenges did you face in these group activities and how did you overcome them? Better responses will be able to show growth and development in your understanding of leadership when working within teams. 4. Creation of new knowledge/critical reflection/changing and shaping of concepts evident - You need to show aspects of leadership for improvement in future personal and professional development - a selfevaluation of your learning process in the L&E unit and specific tasks/activities that changed/shaped your leadership skills. 5. Demonstrates sound research skills/use of quality academic sources - Your research throughout the portfolio assessment should show good research through citations of quality academic sources. The more quality academic references used, the more you will be demonstrating your developed research skills.

Note: use this definition of leadership to support your answer and these key words.

definition of leadership: The capacity to motivate and guide individuals by promoting collaboration and positive encouragement while cultivating a team-oriented atmosphere is known as leadership. It entails adaptiveness in situations, making flexible decisions, problem-solving, and inspiring and motivating people to accomplish common goals.

key words

Supportive

Decision-making

Inspiring

Marking Criteria: Criteria High Distinction Distinction Credit Demonstrates use of Student Student Student practical/experiential demonstrates demonstrates demonstrates knowledge, and significant learning learning and more learning and very demonstrates how and understanding advanced good understanding "lay" theories of from 'doing' and understanding from emerging from leadership were experiencing' in "doing" and 'doing' changed and "Image of 'experiencing' in and 'experiencing' shaped Leadership" "Image of in by experiential online and practical Leadership Image of activity exercises. online and practical Leadership Highly developed exercises. Well- online and practical 8 Marks capacity to identify developed capacity exercises. Sound tacitly held to identify tacitly capacity to identify concepts held tacitly held of leadership and concepts of concepts of compare/contrast leadership leadership and those to others. and compare/contrast compare/contrast those to others. those to others. Demonstrates Demonstrates Well integrated Some adept conceptual highly integrated knowledge evident integration of key theoretical knowledge and using relevant relevant concepts, knowledge and understanding of concepts, theories theories and other integrative thinking relevant concepts, and other Information on theories and other Information on leadership. 7 Marks information on leadership. leadership. Sociocultural Student Student Student knowledge demonstrates demonstrates demonstrates evidentegotiated outstanding ability strong ability to solid ability to work meaning/can to work with/lead work with others with others explain others embedded embedded how lay theories of embedded in shared in shared practices. In shared practices. leadership changed practices. Always Mostly actively and Generally, engages based on others' actively and reflexively engages actively in reactions/input reflexively engages in simulations in simulations and and problem 7 Marks simulations and problem solving. solving. problem solving. role role play or role play or play or analytical analytical analytical tasks. tasks. tasks. Creation of new Demonstrates very Demonstrates solid Demonstrates knowledge/critical strong confidence in skills in self- confidence in reflection/changing self-evaluation and evaluation and self-evaluation and and shaping of reflection reflection reflection concepts evident throughout throughout throughout the learning the learning the learning 7 Marks process. process. process. Highly effective in Very effectively Adeptly shows articulating articulates development of development of development of leadership skills and leadership skills and leadership skills and task-related task-related task-related reflection. reflection. reflection.Demonstrates Outstanding Above average Good research sound research research skills. skills. research skills/use skills; independence Effective searches Effective use of of quality academic and initiative. for less obvious obvious information sources Effective searches academic sources, sources. that go beyond showing 5 Marks obvious materials. independence and Consistent use of Initiative. quality academic sources. 23 Criteria High Distinction Distinction Credit Writing Style Presents work of a Presents work of a Appropriate use of high professional professional discipline specific Articulate standard using standard using language, written information in a discipline-specific discipline-specific work shows logic logical, flowing. language, written language, written and writing flows integrated manner work is logical, work is logical, easy well making it easy to integrated, easy to to read read read 2 Marks Presentation of Professionally Professionally Professionally information presented with no presented with presented with Present work in a spelling, grammar. minimal spelling. some spelling professional way in punctuation errors grammar, grammar. relation to and accurate choice punctuation errors punctuation errors. organisation, of words and accurate choice content, formatting of words and appropriateness to audience and context 2 Marks Persuasiveness Articulates an Articulates an Articulates an Communicates the argument in a clear, argument in a clear argument well ideas and competent way, and way, and presents drawing on some conclusions presents substantial persuasive and discipline specific convincingly. and convincing convincing ideas theory/evidence, ideas using using discipline 2 Marks discipline specific specific theory/ evidence theory/evidence