Empowerment
Amanda Williams-Yeagers is a Librarian Glitterarian who works at John T Tuck Public School in Burlington. We asked her what it means to be empowered as a learner and she turned around and wrote a guest blog on the topic. Empowerment. This word is being talked about more and more in the world of education. John Spencer , talks about the shift from compliance to engagement to empowerment- where students are in charge of how they learn. When I think about how big that word really is, I feel two things: excited and overwhelmed. Excited at the possibilities of where education in the 21st century is headed, and overwhelmed at the challenges faced by educators in order to get our students to that place where they feel “empowered.” When I think about what “empower” means to me, I think about students engaging in self-directed learning; those moments where the curriculum is there, but there is a certain magic that is happening because students are in charg...