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Academic
Departments I Education I Conceptual
Framework
The mission of
the Education Department at Rockford College is to prepare
prospective teachers to empower their students’ minds.
The unit also recognizes that students, schools and communities
further empower its work; hence, the 360-degree nature of
the slogan. The accomplishments of Jane Addams, most notably
her establishment of Hull House, are a testimony to the
benefits that empowered people enjoy in all aspects of their
daily lives.
Educators realize that empowerment is a concept that adds
present and future quality of life to the children they
teach. An empowered mind enables a student to utilize knowledge
at higher levels and apply it to real-life situations. An
empowered mind permits a student to successfully maneuver
the path to self-actualization. An empowered mind allows
a student to perceive social injustice and strive to correct
inequities.
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