Abstract
Each semester, I open my Political Leadership course with a confession and a celebration. The confession is that no one is qualified to teach this course: it is the hardest, most complex and demanding course I teach. The difficulty stems from the interdisciplinary nature of the field. Leadership studies is built upon a foundation of interconnectedness between disparate fields of academic inquiry, fields which are not often brought together. Thus the great difficulty.
But this confession is a prelude to celebration. Teaching about political leadership is also the most rewarding and fulfilling of all the courses I teach. It is in the challenge that the joy emerges. But how does one go about teaching political leadership?
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