Lecture 2 (historical perspective II) is focused in the ideal leadership. From the very early years the ideas are presented by the following thinkers and writers: Thomas Aquinas, Machiavelli, John Stuart Mill and Adam Smith.

Assignment before the lecture: None.

Open or save the PowerPoint slides related to this lecture EDLS210_S2_L2.pdf​

Listen to the lecture, and afterwards do the assignment given below.

Write your learning experiences into your personal Reflective report

Especially write reflections to the approaches of leadership in the very early years – any good ideas from the past?

Assignment after the lecture: None

Supplementary material: On the following is a list of supplementary material to be used in individual development and to be used in the final assignments of this course and in other courses on this MEd program.

Below is a list of sites for some selected supplementary material:

John Stuart Mill in Standford encyclopedia of philosophy:
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/mill/

Adam Smith recourses (The history of economic thought website)
http://homepage.newschool.edu/~het/profiles/smith.htm