From Student Engagement to Student Empowerment
A Virtual Professional Learning Module for Educators
About This Module
This Professional Learning Module is designed to provide educators with the resources and skills to move their classroom interactions from engaging students to empowering students.
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This module consists of six sections:
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Goals and Objectives
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Challenge
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Initial Thoughts
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Perspectives and Resources
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Wrap-Up
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Assessment
The learner will work consecutively through each section of the module before completing the final assessment.
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A worksheet has been provided for the learner to fill out as they complete the Professional Learning Module. It can be downloaded through the following link: PLM Worksheet
This Virtual Professional Learning Module was designed as part of the course requirements for completion of the EDCI Program at Gardner-Webb University.
What is Student Empowerment?
Student empowerment can be defined as "any attitudinal, structural, and cultural activity, process or outcome where students of any age gain the ability, authority and agency to make decisions and implement changes in their own schools, learning and education, and in the education of other people" (SoundOut, 2020, para. 1).
Estimated Completion Time: 3 hours
"We must remember that our students are innately creative, innovative, and collaborative and that we suppress these things with our control. Empowerment is the key that will unlock them."
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-Kevin Parr
(Empowerment: The Key to the Future, 2015)
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