Understanding, defining and developing the dimensions of the DARE+ Competences

Targeted competences:

Leadership

Connection to programme competences or aims

• Defining of competence

Learning outcomes for the session

At the end of this session trainers will be able to:

• Define the competence of leadership.
• identify the main elements of the competence of leadership.
• Describe different perspectives on the use of leadership, by referring to diverse leadership styles

Pre-requisite learning/competence

Experience of working/staying with students in non-formal (and informal) contexts.

Resources

Laptop and projector, access to academic literature on leadership

Session duration

2.5 hours

Number of participants

10-15

Session description [structure, parts, activities]

1. Welcome and ice-breaker activity: getting to know each other
2. Introduction to session and its learning outcomes - presentation by trainer
3. Brainstorming – sharing of brief experiences of leadership that students may have lived in their past
4. identification of key common issues on leadership - small group discussion and visual representation of key features using cards (The “Metaphor of knowledge” cards by Fabbri & Munari can be used, or any other metaphoric cards, to integrate reasoning with iconic language).
5. Development of a shared definition of leadership and comparison with the DARE+ definition
6. Evaluation of the session

Mode of evaluation

15 min focus group discussion on achievement of learning outcomes

Leadership is the use of individual skills to organize, coordinate and delegate tasks, providing constructive feedback, solving possible conflicts creatively and through dialogue. Leadership requires empathy, initiative and creativity, and the ability to express thoughts, ideas, feelings and emotions clearly and assertively.