Empowering Our Students

Dilbert by Scott Adams

Presenter: Deborah Kay Burger U.S. English Language Fellow Sohar University Sohar, Sultanate of Oman

Sohar UniversityStudent Distribution by Gender

 Faculty

PercentageFemale

Faculty of Arts and Law82%

Faculty of Business 78%

Faculty of Computing and IT90%

Faculty of Engineering 67%

Faculty of English Studies 90%

General Foundation Program

71%

The Times They Are A-Changin'

Degree Female Male Total

Advanced Diploma 258 64 322

Bachelor of Education 206 17 223Bachelor 260 45 305Diploma 1226 396 1622Master Degree 34 33 67Foundation 1959 548 2507Total 3943 1104 5047

OPPRESSION:The state of being subject to inequitable treatment or control

THE OPPRESSED:

All of those living within a society where there exists such inequitable treatment or control.

Women make better leaders.

Hurdle 1: The silencing

Politeness Organized Silence Maintenance of Injustices

  

No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it. 

- Albert Einstein

 Hurdle 2: Lack of critical thinking skills

GUIDELINE #1Understand Your Audience

Words cannot change minds unless we understand what is already going on in those minds. - Louise Dunlap

GUIDELINE #2Establish Rapport & Trust

GUIDELINE #3Never Preach!

GUIDELINE #4 Remove Suspicion & Fear 

Make it a story about someone else

GUIDELINE #5

But Remain Available