R&L Education
Pages: 182
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Trim: 6⅜ x 9½
978-1-61048-581-4 • Hardback • November 2011 • $99.00 • (£76.00)
978-1-61048-582-1 • Paperback • November 2011 • $52.00 • (£40.00)
978-1-61048-583-8 • eBook • November 2011 • $49.00 • (£38.00)
Angela Dye prides herself on being a product of the urban environment and has a background that personally identifies with the at-risk learners she serves. As a teacher, administrator, and author, Angela has developed an Empowerment Model (instructional framework) that combats the psychosocial challenges that impedes academic success.
Chapter 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Prologue: The Mission to Empower
Chapter 3 Chapter 1: The Construct of Empowerment
Chapter 4 Chapter 2: The Power of Project Based Learning
Chapter 5 Chapter 3: Service Learning and Empowerment
Chapter 6 Chapter 4: Additional Programming
Chapter 7 Chapter 5: The Power of Direct Instruction
Chapter 8 Chapter 6: Assessments
Chapter 9 Chapter 7: Accountability
Chapter 10 Chapter 8: The Politics of Empowerment
Chapter 11 Chapter 9: The Results of Empowerment
Chapter 12 Epilogue: A Charge to the Urban Educators
Chapter 13 Index
Chapter 14 About the author
This book breaks down the elements of student/adolescent empowerment into specific component parts. In the foreword Mary E. Diaz defines in detail the seven principles of empowerment that make up the social being and change model based on the curriculum of the Preparatory School for Global Leadership. Dye takes care to describe each of the seven principles in the context of minority education--providing a separate chapter on each, including an anecdotal section within each chapter to illustrate the points in a "real world" context. While the book does highlight a program serving minority students, the strategies that make up the seven principles are not limited to underrepresented populations. The work provides a solid overview of a broad empowerment curriculum, but there is little here in the way of new ideas. It is a good first read for those new to the concept of student empowerment; however, for those more well versed in the topic, the work provides little in the way of supporting evidence and lacks a research depth that would prove helpful. Perhaps useful in its articulation of implementation strategies, but less so in its theoretical development. Summing Up: Recommended.
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