Reflects on the process and experience of attempts to open dialogues between Women's Studies staff and students on the topic of feminist teaching practices. Provides biographies of the staff and students concerned, discusses what is meant by empowerment, and delineates debates over the Women's Studies teaching model. Addresses contradictions and…

Interviews with women in 10 countries illustrate the ways in which global constructions do not work for women, including structural adjustment policies that increase economic inequality, reduction in funding for educational and social programs, and politicization of education. (SK)

This study compared practicing counselors who are licensed and not licensed on four aspects of empowerment: collective identity, propensity to act, self-concept, and overall empowerment. Results revealed that nonlicensed counselors scored significantly higher on collective identity, propensity to act, and overall empowerment. (Contains 24…

Discusses the elements useful for developing a conceptual framework for social change efforts: the characteristics of the social problem, the target unit, the nature and intensity of purposes for change, and the appropriate change methods. (Author/JOW)

Summarizes the discussions and conclusions of the 1988 Conference on College Composition and Communication Research Network workshop. Suggests issues that should be addressed by the group in future meetings. (RAE)

Defines "paradigm" as a profound change in the thoughts, perceptions, and values forming a particular vision of reality. Identifies six paradigm shifts in teacher supervision: from control to empowerment, from separate to integrated functions, from sameness to diversity, from occasional assistance to continuous support networks, from…

Responds to previous article by McWhirter on empowerment in counseling. Suggests that further refinement of the group and community involvement aspects of McWhirter's definition of empowerment is needed. Notes that lack of inclusion of clients who belong to more privileged groups is unaddressed by McWhirter's article. (NB)

Responds to previous article by McWhirter on empowerment in counseling. Asserts that McWhirter's ideas do not necessarily represent radical new thinking about client service delivery. Focusing on multicultural counseling, contends that McWhirter's views have been articulated for more than a decade by scholars writing about the mental health…

The stability, reliability, and validity of scores on the subscales of the School Participant Empowerment Scale (P. Short and J. Rinehart, 1992) were studied with data from 4,091 Ohio classroom teachers. Confirmatory factor analysis did not confirm the subscales identified by the instrument developers. Explanatory factor analysis was used to…

Examined the construct validity of scores on the Psychological Empowerment Scale of G. Spreitzer (1995). Confirmatory factor analysis of data from 160 nurses supported Spreitzer's four empowerment dimensions, and these findings were cross-validated with a subset from the same sample. Results also support the predictive validity of the scale.…

Identifies key factors that should be considered by those engaged in the evaluation of overseas development projects to ensure that the evaluation process leads to the empowerment of local stakeholders. A literature review resulted in the development of seven guidelines for evaluation of overseas development projects. (SLD)

A literacy campaign in an Indian village led to training and education for women's empowerment. Activities included a savings/banking program, resource person training, health screenings, antiviolence and substance abuse campaigns, and gender sensitization. (SK)

Five elements crucial to attitude and therefore to communication are positive perspective, high value on attitude, self-worth, reduction of stress-inducing behavior, and taking charge of attitude. Attitude empowerment may be effectively taught through case studies. (SK)

Article discusses what receiving knowledge (as opposed to sharing in producing or generating it) means for the practice of social work, which is supposedly committed to the social work values of human dignity and social justice. Presents and discusses the experiences that led to the author's work on empowerment-based practice. (Author/GCP)

Notes the steadily increasing numbers of Americans unable to read and that 25% of recent immigrants are functionally illiterate. Notes that female immigrants' literacy scores were significantly lower than their male counterparts. Presents a literacy narrative that illustrates the challenges many adults and children endure daily in their struggle…