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This site is the professional portfolio for Mark W. Fender. The theme for the portfolio is "education for empowerment." The conceptual framework for this theme is centered around the idea of "Transformational Communities." Please explore the site to learn more about these fundamental ideas - and the passion behind them!
Cross-Cutting Themes
experiential
Whether the learner is a senior executive in Long Beach, California, or a village leader in rural Cambodia, education for empowerment is integrated into the flow of life experience.
relational
Education for empowerment involves building a community of learners, with all the benefits that this "social capital" creates - for learning and for all of life.
critical
Critical practice in education ensures that the educational process is not just about replicating existing ideologies and power structures, but about empowering for transformative change.
For more on these cross-cutting themes, see the video on my journey through the AET program.