nurturing servant leaders in religious education - Scholarly ...

The central research question was formed from extended pondering upon a range of
sub-questions:
• What are the goals of the CES in regard to the development of servant leaders?
• How do CES volunteer teachers and directors understand servant leadership?
• What are the feelings of CES volunteer teachers and directors about their
experience of servant leadership in the CES?
• How do CES volunteer teachers and directors apply their understanding of
servant leadership in and out of the CES context?
• To what extent does the Aotearoa/New Zealand context affect the
development of servant leaders in the CES?
Research aims
The research aims of this thesis are drawn from the research questions raised above.
Drawing from my experience as a student in the CES in Aotearoa/New Zealand, I
wanted to explore the experience of servant leadership as it was practiced in the lives
of those who could provide an organisational perspective of the CES, i.e. directors
and volunteer teachers. This said, the aims of this study are:
1. To describe and analyse the practice of servant leadership within the CES institute
programme in Tāmaki-makau-rau/Auckland.
2 To critically discuss servant leadership as it applies in a religious education setting.
3. To define servant leadership.
4. To critically analyse how the CES in Aotearoa/New Zealand is meeting the need of
generating and perpetuating local leadership for the LDS church and leadership in the
secular workplace.
5.To contribute to the current lack of research about the CES Institute programme in
Aotearoa/New Zealand.
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