https://rajpub.com/index.php/ijrem KHALSA PUBLICATIONS en-US INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN EDUCATION METHODOLOGY 2278-7690 <p><a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" rel="license"><img src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/88x31.png" alt="Creative Commons License" /></a> All articles published in <em>Journal of Advances in Linguistics</em> are licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License</a>.</p> https://rajpub.com/index.php/ijrem/article/view/9610 <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this paper, the authors describe one leadership preparation program's approach to enhancing ethics and ethical decision-making by embedding high-impact practices and experiential learning opportunities for leadership candidates. The conceptual framework for this research was based on Kolb's Experiential Learning Theory (ELT) and Kuh's High-Impact Practices (HIPs) to connect theory and practice through </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">practical feedback and leadership coaching</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Using </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">experiential virtual simulation experiences</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">provided</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">opportunities for</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Educational Leadership </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">candidates to apply instructional and ethical leadership practices to authentic, problem-based situations in </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">an innovative online educational leadership program. </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">This approach allowed faculty to offer specific growth areas to strengthen and improve aspiring school leaders' ethical decision-making practices. Furthermore, the paper discusses</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">how virtual simulation</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">enhanced candidates' transformation learning process and bridge</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">theory to practice in a virtual reality environment. </span></p> Dr. Aneta Walker Dr. Julie Gray Dr. Karen Evans Copyright (c) 2024 Dr. Aneta Walker, Dr. Julie Gray, Dr. Karen Evans https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 2024-05-16 2024-05-16 15 1 11 10.24297/ijrem.v15i.9610