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- Title
Beyond content knowledge: transferable skills connected to experience as a peer-leader in a PLTL program and long-term impacts.
- Authors
Chase, Anthony; S. Rao, Anusha; Lakmala, Prathima; Varma-Nelson, Pratibha
- Abstract
Background: Being a successful peer-led team learning (PLTL) workshop leader involves developing content knowledge and workshop facilitation skills. These skills connected to being a peer leader, however, do not terminate at the end of one's undergraduate program. In fact, many former peer leaders denote having been a peer leader on their LinkedIn profile. This study examines the transferable skills that former peer leaders identified as being valuable in their current positions. We conducted semi-structured interviews with former peer leaders from varying disciplines, universities, ages, and years since being a peer leader. Results: Interview questions captured leadership experiences including successes and challenges of being peer leaders, roles and responsibilities, and specific transferable skills further developed by being peer leaders and how they are being utilized in the leaders' current position. Conclusion: Thematic analyses of these interviews indicate that former peer leaders recognize leadership skills, coping with many challenges (including not having the right answer), collaboration/teamwork skills, self-confidence, and problem-solving skills as being relevant and frequently used in their current work.
- Subjects
UNDERGRADUATE programs; THEMATIC analysis; ABILITY; SEMI-structured interviews; TEAM learning approach in education; ORGANIZATIONAL identification
- Publication
International Journal of STEM Education, 2020, Vol 7, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2196-7822
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s40594-020-00228-1