Abstract
On the campus of Kanda University of International Studies (KUIS) in Chiba, Japan, a proposal was presented for the leadership development of KUIS students in the KUIS Self-Access Learning Center (SALC) (Knight, 2017). Following Scollon (2001) and his mediated discourse analysis (MDA)-based nexus of practice concept, this paper explores how and why multiple storylines and histories intersect so that ‘leadership development’ is conceptualized as consulting programs in the SALC. The paper shows that Knight’s (2013) conceptualization of leadership as involving communication for creating and achieving visions is the basis for the proposed consulting programs and concludes by asking how leadership and learner autonomy should be conceptualized in a self-access learning center.
Highlights
Little (2016) writes that ‘learner autonomy’ is “a slippery concept because it is notoriously difficult to define precisely.” ‘leadership’ has been said to elude “comprehensive definition” as Southwell and Morgan (2009, p. 18) note in a review of leadership literature
By providing an account that illuminates the intersection of multiple storylines and histories in a nexus of practice, this paper shows that leadership conceptualizations are contextually bound
Jones and Norris (2005) discuss a nexus of practice in terms of Scollon’s (2001) mediated discourse analysis (MDA): MDA strives to preserve the complexity of the social situation
Summary
To cite this article Knight, K. Conceptualizing leadership development in the KUIS SALC. Studies in SelfAccess Learning Journal, 8(4), 294-304. This article may be used for research, teaching and private study purposes. Please contact the author for permission to re-print elsewhere. SiSAL Journal Vol 8, No 4, December 2017, 294-304
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