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Textbook

Leadership Theory and Practice
Northouse, P. G. (2021). Leadership: Theory and practice (9th ed.). SAGE Publications, Inc.

• Chapters 1-3 are an introduction to the theories and models of leadership with a focus on how theory can inform practice.
  • Read Chapters 1, 2, and 3.

Your course textbook can be accessed via the DART eBook link in the Getting Started module.

An Update On Adult Development Theory
Clark, M. C., & Caffarella, R. S. (1999). An update on adult development theory: New ways of thinking about the life course. New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 84(Winter 1999).

• This is a review of the latest theory in biological, psychological, sociocultural, and integrated domains and explores the implications of this work for adult education.

How We Learn
Sukel, K. (2021, December 1). How we learn. The Dana Foundation. https://dana.org/article/how-we-learn/

• As we discover more about what is happening in the brain as we learn, we can use those discoveries to improve classroom instruction and other learning activities. A deeper understanding of the biology underlying the brain’s memory or motivation systems, for example, could help shape training for teachers or specific assignments for students. As we discover more about what is happening in the brain as we learn, we can use those discoveries to improve classroom instruction and other learning activities.