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ERIC Number: EJ346928
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Defusing "Empowering": The What and the Why.
Ashcroft, Leslie
Language Arts, v64 n2 p142-56 Feb 1987
Argues that "empowering" as a philosophy of education must balance its commitments to personal growth and to society, recognizing that just as personal power is primary and prerequisite to synergy so personal growth is prerequisite to societal contribution. (SRT)
Descriptors: Definitions, Educational Change, Educational Philosophy, Empowerment, Individual Power, Interpersonal Relationship, Language Arts, Learning Processes, Social Attitudes, Social Psychology, Sociocultural Patterns
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Thematic Issue: Empowerment.