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Download full textCairns, Len – 1994
In the current climate of empowerment models, critical research, and deconstructed theory, this discussion raises some questions regarding the concept of "empowerment" and its use as a rubric for course and program design in teacher education. From the review of literature several usages of the term empowerment emerge. Each one is…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Educational Theories, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Hemmendinger, Anna – 1987
Two models for teaching fluency and literacy in English as a Second Language (ESL) and native language literacy are described and the effectiveness of these models is demonstrated. Both models use cultural sharing and problem-posing as a basis for language learning. The objectives of these teaching models are to use language learning as a vehicle…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Classroom Techniques
