“Yea, but what does it look like?”
This is the question I hear and see most frequently online and at conferences when someone mentions the phrase empower students.
As someone who just released a book with the title, Empower, I have gone in-depth talking about the differences between compliance (forcing kids to pay attention to our content), engagement (getting kids excited about our content), and empowerment (kids excited to learn on their own).
Bill Ferriter sums up the difference perfectly in this blog post with a visual:
Via John Evans