Shifting Power Dynamics
Power for the Patient in a Rehabilitation Setting
by Terry Chase ~ Patient & Family Education Coordinator ~
Craig Hosptial, Colorado
I work in a healthcare setting where rehabilitating the patient in the areas of physical function, mental focus and attitudinal shifts are all part of the process of returning to life after a catastrophic spinal cord injury. >>more
Power Mapping in the LISC Executive
Leadership Institute
by Shelia Slemp ~ Senior Program Officer,
LISC, New York
From visioning to values, from empowerment to change, each Executive Leadership Institute participant is encouraged to identify their leadership strengths and challenges to become more effective leaders for their organization and community. >>more
Realizing the Power of Higher Education
by Allie Clemans ~ Faculty of Education, Monash University, Australia
The university setting speaks loudly to me about power! It represents an institution that prepares people for their professions or consolidates their ongoing participation in one. This work, of admission or exclusion from a profession is powerful work. >>more
Teachers and Learners at UW-Madison
by Jay Ekleberry ~ Director of Wisconsin Union Mini Courses, Wisconsin
How does Dialogue Education effectively impact the power structure at the major university level? It does so by staying especially true to one of the central principles of effective Dialogue Education – the principle of respect – and always recognizing that each of us is both a learner and a teacher. >>more
Course Design Decisions in Higher Education: Using Consultative and Deliberative Voice
by Marianne Rieff ~ Faculty of Education, Lesley University, Massachussets
There is a need to explicitly name and confront power issues that arise in designing courses in higher education. Adults come to learning with the power of their life experiences, skills, and attitudes intact; they don’t leave them at the door, and power is always part of the classroom dynamic (Hart, 2001; Briskin, 1997). Instructors have been hired from a power base of credentials and expertise. >>more
Power/Tools:
Dialogue Education and Community Development
by Dwayne Hodgson ~ GLP Programs Director, Ontario
“Dialogue Education was born in the favellas of Brazil, the villages of Tanzania and the streets of Bangkok. It was called many things in many languages, but the central theory was respect for adult learners and their experience and the basic recognition was that the colonial processes of education did not apply.” (Jane Vella, 2002, Dialogue Education at Work, p. 227). >>more
Shifting Power Dynamics in the Parish
by The Reverend Daved E. Buck ~ Church of the Nativity, North Carolina
Power Dynamics complicate religious life, it must seem obvious to anyone these days. Religious groups seek to impose their power or dogma on others, tragically enough. >>more
