Education or Subjugation – Power & Empowerment in Schools
;-) (Note: ‘subjugation’!? Sorry, I just had to use that word. It rhymes!)
I have been thinking, once again, about empowerment and what it means- both theoretically and practically.
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You will think about the term and its ramifications quite differently depending on the lens you are using (your upbringing, your values and beliefs, your profession, your education, your life’s mission).
What do we mean by ‘empowerment’?
Some definitions demonstrate the diversity of interpretation attributed to the concept of empowerment.
empower - To give permission or power to do something; Abstractly, to give the confidence to do something.
empowerment - The granting of political, social or economic power to an individual or group; The process of
