Romie makes an important observation that in the context of the classroom there are many stakeholders, and their needs should be considered in how we address issues that affect us. This is true in this ongoing thread on apparent rude students in their communication style. Certainly, however, a servant leadership approach never promises a stress-free anything to anybody. Growth and development is rarely stress free.
How do we, as teachers, demonstrate what good looks like if we respond out our ego rather than from a selfless desire to teach and help the learner find a better way. People learn from modeling primarily. I choose to model an approach that enables growth and learning while at the same time recognizes the intrinsic worth of the learner and the potential they represent.
Jerry
Jerrold Strong
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Chapman University
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From: Management Education and Development Discussion [mailto:MG-ED-DV@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU]On Behalf Of Romie Littrell
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 11:34 AM
To: MG-ED-DV@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
Subject: Servants to whom? Re: Impolite student email to their instructors
Perhaps we need to think about servant leadership in terms of those we are serving, we have many shareholders in tertiary education:
1. The students themselves
2. Whomever is paying the student's fees
3. The future employers and employees of the students
4. The Government, that provides funds, moreso in public than private universities, but still to some degree in all
5. Our colleagues: other faculty and adminstrators who must deal with the students
6. Other students
and I'm sure there are others I've overlooked. Should we be providing a return to all shareholders, or providing an undemanding, stress-free experience to the students?
Regards,
Romie Littrell
Jerrold Strong <JStrong@ACTRANSIT.ORG> wrote: I find it interesting how it appears in this article an arrogance around positional power, rather than a humility around servant leadership.
Jerry
Jerrold Strong, M.A.
Adjunct Faculty, Organizational Leadership
Chapman University
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[mailto:MG-ED-DV@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU]On Behalf Of Charles Wankel
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2006 6:58 AM
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Subject: Impolite student email to their instructors
"Impolite e-mails irritate profs" appeared in the University of Michigan's
student newspaper The Michigan Daily. The PRINTER version is accessible at
http://tinyurl.com/kwpyq
the view of it nested on the newspaper's site is at http://tinyurl.com/hbd5q
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