Exploring the Impact of Critical Pedagogy on Students’ Engagement and Empowerment in Higher Education: A Transformative Approach to Teaching and Learning

Abstract

This article examines critical pedagogy's effects on educational empowerment in higher education through its process-based transformative teaching methods for educational practice. This paper uses theoretical studies and empirical approach testing to investigate critical pedagogy's delivery of an educational environment where students can participate while building social awareness and inclusivity. The study examines how critical pedagogy influences both learner participation in academics and their self-defined awakening potential alongside educational responsibility development. Through its application the method connects active student learning to social norm examination thereby generating stronger relations between educational processes and social justice principles. Through its critical pedagogical model learning participants develop as students go through dialogical team-based reflection practices instead of traditional knowledge-tutorial methods. The implementation of critical pedagogy results in stronger learner empowerment and better academic results for higher education which directs important decisions to those in education roles and for policymakers. The research exposes the need for teaching techniques that generate student interest through empowerment practices to help students modify academic settings as well as social environments.

Keywords: Critical Pedagogy, Student Engagement, Student Empowerment, Participatory Learning, Inclusive Education, Transformative Teaching.