The Meerkat Model Of Bio-Leadership: Using Biomimicry To Embody Leadership Principles In Children - DataSet

This dataset contains observational, audio-transcribed, and video-transcribed research data collected across nine facilitated Bio-Leadership sessions conducted between December 2025 and March 2026. Sessions were run with children aged 6–10 years using the Meerkat Colony Activity, a nature-based pedagogy protocol designed to study how children understand and enact leadership, signal design, group coherence, and collaborative problem-solving. All participant and facilitator names have been fully anonymised. Data is presented in three structured documents formatted for use as supplementary material in research. This dataset was collected using the Blue Blocks Embedded Observer Protocol (BEOP, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19087415) for consent and observation procedures, within the Micro Research Ethics Framework (MREF, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19047669). The study methodology follows the Blue Blocks Micro Research Methodology (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18584816). The dataset is published independently from the forthcoming analytical paper to enable independent verification and secondary analysis.