Students as leaders and learners: Towards self-authorship and social change on a college campus

Innovations in Education and Teaching International

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-13

  Cohen, Jody ^a   Cook Sather, Alison ^a   Lesnick, Alice ^a   Alter, Zanny ^a   Awkward, Rachel ^a   Decius, Fabiola ^a   Hummer, Laura ^a   Guerrier, Saskia ^a   Larson, Maggie ^a   Mengesha, Lily ^a  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

leadership; Self authorship; students as leaders

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873719431     PISSN: 14703297     EISSN: 14703300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14703297.2012.746511     Document Type: Article

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