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ERIC Number: EJ520386
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-4056
Teaching Strategies: Empowering Teachers, Empowering Children.
Stone, Sandra J.
Childhood Education, v71 n5 p294-95 1995
Defines the term "empowerment" as it applies to teachers and to children. Suggests the foundation needed for empowering includes respect, validation, and success. Also discusses the characteristics of ownership, choice, decision making, intrinsic motivation, responsibility, independence, risk taking, collaboration, and self-evaluation as factors involved in empowerment. (ET)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Empowerment, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Motivation
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Student Empowerment; Teacher Empowerment
Note: Annual theme issue topic: Looking at School Change.