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Title: Leadership in Song: Developing Leadership Practices Using Music in an Online Course.
Authors: Croft, Sheryl J.1
Source: Online Learning. Jun2026, Vol. 30 Issue 2, p695-712. 18p.
Subject Terms: *Educational leadership, *Community of inquiry, *Online education, *Reflective learning, *Music education, Leadership, Team building, Collective action
Abstract: "Leadership in Song: Developing Collaboration, Community, and Leadership Practices through Music in an Online Course," is an introductory exercise in an online synchronous educational leadership class that outlines how music can be used as a pedagogical tool to create a cognitive collaborative community of inquiry that fosters a) reflection, b) collaboration, c) value of different leadership practices and d) affective connections to the assignment. Additionally, this assignment provides a transferable activity that school leaders can modify for use with various stakeholders in their schools. Significantly, this assignment underscores how music, an oftenunderutilized pedagogical tool in academia, creates a reflective, collaborative, engaging, relevant, interactive virtual experience for educational leadership students in an online environment. I applied a series of steps traditional to qualitative analysis such as open and axial coding, noting patterns, and maintaining a chain of evidence; students reported what they valued and learned from the assignment and emphasized how this assignment can be used to enhance collaboration and self-reflection, revise initial ideas, and understand different leadership perspectives. This lesson can be used in online settings as a team-building exercise in a classroom or with a leadership team at the beginning of the school year to help faculty and staff form a community around the school’s goal and mission. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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  Data: "Leadership in Song: Developing Collaboration, Community, and Leadership Practices through Music in an Online Course," is an introductory exercise in an online synchronous educational leadership class that outlines how music can be used as a pedagogical tool to create a cognitive collaborative community of inquiry that fosters a) reflection, b) collaboration, c) value of different leadership practices and d) affective connections to the assignment. Additionally, this assignment provides a transferable activity that school leaders can modify for use with various stakeholders in their schools. Significantly, this assignment underscores how music, an oftenunderutilized pedagogical tool in academia, creates a reflective, collaborative, engaging, relevant, interactive virtual experience for educational leadership students in an online environment. I applied a series of steps traditional to qualitative analysis such as open and axial coding, noting patterns, and maintaining a chain of evidence; students reported what they valued and learned from the assignment and emphasized how this assignment can be used to enhance collaboration and self-reflection, revise initial ideas, and understand different leadership perspectives. This lesson can be used in online settings as a team-building exercise in a classroom or with a leadership team at the beginning of the school year to help faculty and staff form a community around the school’s goal and mission. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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