<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>32</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sansone, Sophia Vosburg</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Empowering Pedagogy: A Case Study of Non- Traditional Teaching Methods and Philosophy at the Centro de Educaci6n Creativa</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Philosophy</style></secondary-title><tertiary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Lee, Dr. Janet</style></tertiary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Costa Rica</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Liberal Studies</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">methods of education</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">pedagogy</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2007</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">04/2007</style></date></pub-dates></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Oregon State University</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Corvallis</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Honors Bachelors of Arts in Liberal Studies</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">83</style></pages><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Empowering pedagogy (also know as &quot;transgressive,&quot; &quot;emancipatory,&quot; or &quot;democratic&quot; forms of education) seeks to challenge the historically oppressive tendencies of traditional education. As a student of Social Justice and International Studies, I approach the topic of empowering pedagogy through a case study. My research explored this nontraditional educational philosophy and its implementation as realized at a school in Monteverde, Costa Rica. By reviewing literature on empowering pedagogy, I gained a framework to make meaning of the educational practices I observed. From preschool through high school, the Centro de Educaci6n Creativa provides an example of environmentally and socially conscious teaching methods. I volunteered for five months at the &quot;Creativa&quot; as a classroom assistant and conducted my research interviews. I also observed and recorded the challenges the school faced when implementing their philosophy and methods of education. This thesis is intended to act as a resource to those interested in empowering pedagogy and those who work for the Creativa.</style></abstract><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Undergraduate</style></work-type></record></records></xml>