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Publication Date: 1994
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Teaching for Empowerment.
Freysinger, Valeria; Bedini, Leandra A.
Schole: A Journal of Leisure Studies and Recreation Education, v9 p1-11 1994
Explores ideas to help college educators empower students through their teaching. The article discusses assumptions of power and privilege that underlie empowerment, providing examples of how educators can disempower. Biological, psychological, and sociocultural processes of empowerment as related to race, gender, and disability are examined. (SM)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, College Faculty, College Students, Cultural Differences, Disabilities, Higher Education, Literature Reviews, Power Structure, Racial Bias, Self Determination, Sex Bias, Social Attitudes, Sociocultural Patterns, Special Needs Students, Teacher Behavior, Teacher Role
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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