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Leadership Begins with Classroom Responsibility

Leadership becomes visible when learners take responsibility for decisions and participation.

When I discuss leadership in learning, I begin with situations students can practise in class: organising a task, listening to a different view, explaining a choice, or revisiting a decision when new evidence appears.

Within Adaptive Learning Taxonomy, I connect leadership with knowledge, reflection, and responsibility. A group task can make that relationship available for discussion when each learner has a clear role and room to explain what they did.

A clear role and a short review

Assign roles in a group task: discussion coordinator, evidence finder, and solution reviewer. Rotate the roles next time. Close with: “What decision did you make, and how did it affect the group’s work?”

A question for reflection

Did the task give every learner a responsibility they could describe and discuss?

Knowledge put to use. Decisions revisited. Responsibility shared.

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