Empowering Ourselves and Transforming Schools

Empowering Ourselves and Transforming Schools

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  • Author: Judith W. Irwin
  • Publisher: State University of New York Press
  • ISBN: 1438407599
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 372

In this readable and ground-breaking text, Irwin examines the forces that keep educators and students from feeling fully empowered. She defines empowerment as gaining the power to self-actualize and to facilitate this for others. Grounding her arguments in feminist and critical examinations of domination, Irwin begins by defining empowerment as fundamentally opposed to domination. She then examines the implications of this definition for our educational system. This book encourages the reader to consider new directions for educational reform and synthesizes current innovations under the umbrella philosophy of empowerment, suggesting how the change from the patriarchal paradigm to one based on cooperation and connection might revolutionize the organization of schools and their classrooms. The reader is challenged to develop his or her own philosophy and agenda for change through a series of reflective activities. A comparative case study of five "empowered" teachers is included to demonstrate that empowerment is an individual as well as a collective process.


Empowering Ourselves and Transforming Schools

Empowering Ourselves and Transforming Schools

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  • Author: Judith Westphal Irwin
  • Publisher: SUNY Press
  • ISBN: 9780791431030
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 372

Examines the forces that keep educators and students from feeling fully empowered. Contains self-help and planning activities for teachers and administrators interested in transforming schools.


Empowering Teachers

Empowering Teachers

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  • Author: Bruce Romanish
  • Publisher: University Press of America
  • ISBN: 9780819184238
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 174

This book calls for moving teachers to the center of decision-making in public schools. It honors teaching and teachers by redefining the role in a democratically organized professional setting. While modern reform employs the language of school restructuring, genuine change that will enhance the status of teachers is not at the top of the agenda. This book recognizes that for authentic empowerment to materialize, the nature of the teaching role must significantly change. At the same time, teacher preparation will also have to be overhauled in order to equip teachers with all that a new status demands. It also proposes that the role of the principal must be dramatically transformed and recommends returning principals to the teaching function as part of their task and places them in greater accountability to the professional teaching staff itself. The book presents a hopeful message that is grounded in a progressive perspective our conservative epoch demands.


Transforming Power

Transforming Power

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  • Author: Seth Kreisberg
  • Publisher: SUNY Press
  • ISBN: 9780791406632
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 290

This book is about power -- power in the classroom, in our schools, and in our society. Schools, teachers, students, and teaching exist in a churning cauldron of interrelated institutions and social forces. Power relations in schools reflect these larger societal forces and the interconnections of our institutions. This book is also about empowerment -- the empowerment of teachers and students. It explores the process through which people develop more control over their lives and acquire the skills and dispositions necessary to be critical and effective participants in our society. The heart of this book, and Kreisberg's unique contribution to the empowerment literature, is his elucidation of the difference between power over and power with in his search to understand the nature of power that can empower individuals and communities. Kreisberg draws upon educational, political, feminist, and psychological theory, and, especially, the voices of teachers, in his framing of the question: What are the dynamics of power that we as teachers can create in our relationships with our students that will be empowering for both our students and ourselves?


Transforming Schools

Transforming Schools

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  • Author: D. G. Mulcahy
  • Publisher: IAP
  • ISBN: 1623961467
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 193

President Obama has on a number of occasions rejected policies that have been tried and do not work. Legislation such as No Child Left Behind and policies such as Race to the Top are neither effective nor based on sound research. Educational policy-making is now, more than ever, the preserve of politicians, advocacy foundations, and lobbyists parading as corporate leaders. Teachers have little voice; their role is merely to be held responsible for policies foisted upon them. In Transforming Schools: Alternative Perspectives on School Reform, our aim is to provide alternative perspectives to the dead-end educational policies by which our governments have become consumed. We turn the spotlight on a select range of topics that have become the focus of concern and we consider the implications for school improvement. These topics include school reform in general, the achievement gap, literacy, standardized assessment, social justice and ecojustice, aesthetic and moral education, and general education.


Latinization of U.S. Schools

Latinization of U.S. Schools

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  • Author: Jason Irizarry
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1317257014
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 256

Fueled largely by significant increases in the Latino population, the racial, ethnic, and linguistic texture of the United States is changing rapidly. Nowhere is this 'Latinisation' of America more evident than in schools. The dramatic population growth among Latinos in the United States has not been accompanied by gains in academic achievement. Estimates suggest that approximately half of Latino students fail to complete high school, and few enroll in and complete college. The Latinization of U.S. Schools centres on the voices of Latino youth. It examines how the students themselves make meaning of the policies and practices within schools. The student voices expose an inequitable opportunity structure that results in depressed academic performance for many Latino youth. Each chapter concludes with empirically based recommendations for educators seeking to improve their practice with Latino youth, stemming from a multiyear participatory action research project conducted by Irizarry and the student contributors to the text.


Resources in Education

Resources in Education

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  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 348


Teacher Empowerment and Cultural Context

Teacher Empowerment and Cultural Context

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  • Author: Shanthi Thomas
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1351400363
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 120

Teacher empowerment is a psychological and socio-structural motivational process that enhances teacher performance and self-expression. The current conceptualisations of Teacher Empowerment, available in extant literature, have been constructed in an Anglo-Saxon, western cultural context. There have been attempts to transfer the concept to Asian countries, but these attempts were faced with major obstacles since the underlying cultural assumptions are not the same across countries. This book treads new ground by redefining Teacher Empowerment in the cultural context of South East Asia. Using the case of Brunei Darussalam which has a unique socio-cultural make-up as a melting pot of Malay, Chinese and other Asian cultures, the book offers a unique insight how the Teacher Empowerment dynamics is played out in this context. Covering more than just empowering leadership in schools, the author explores how colleagues, parents, and students empower teachers, and how teachers empower themselves. This book is a valuable guide for educators and educational leaders and researchers in Southeast Asia and beyond, who are committed to the empowerment of teachers, and the qualitative enhancement of the field of education as a whole.


Empowering Students to Transform Schools

Empowering Students to Transform Schools

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  • Author: Gary Goldman
  • Publisher: Corwin
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 216

In school reform, students are rarely consulted. This book presents a step-by-step process for involving students in transforming schools and empowering them to make real decisions that affect their education.


Transforming Schools

Transforming Schools

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  • Author: Arun Kapur
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications Pvt. Limited
  • ISBN: 9780761935636
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 254

This book facilitates a dialogue about teaching and learning in the school environment with an understanding that the art and practice of teaching needs to keep pace with emerging demands and challenges. With social distinctions becoming fluid and workplaces increasingly complex, schools too need to change and develop systems to confront these challenges. Arun Kapur, a leading educator, weaves together his expertise and experience to offer insights into what makes a ‘great’ school. He provides the tools and resources for directing a school on its journey with a growth plan for all stakeholders in a school–students, teachers, administrators and parents. Some of the issues discussed are: - Rationale and purpose of a school - Curriculum design - Models of assessment - Impact of technology - Teacher training - Leadership and management - Individualised learning - Inclusive education