Full Description
Empowerment Starts Here covers an experimental approach to social change within urban communities by way of seven distinct principles for student empowerment. Turning classroom methods into a school model, Preparatory School for Global Leadership was the first to experience student empowerment at a school-wide level. This book provides insight on how educators can increase the efficacy and achievement of urban youth. Angela Dye shares instructional methodologies and stories to help the reader develop an intimate understanding of the empowerment principles in action. Through these principles and methods, individuals can increase their capacity to combat the psychological, social, and political challenges associated with student achievement and real school reform.
Contents
Foreword
Prologue: The Mission to Empower
Chapter 1: The Construct of Empowerment
Chapter 2: The Power of Project Based Learning
Chapter 3: Service Learning and Empowerment
Chapter 4: Additional Programming
Chapter 5: The Power of Direct Instruction
Chapter 6: Assessments
Chapter 7: Accountability
Chapter 8: The Politics of Empowerment
Chapter 9: The Results of Empowerment
Epilogue: A Charge to the Urban Educators
Index
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