{"id":32,"date":"2026-06-27T21:20:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T01:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/powerdynamicspostsecondary\/chapter\/power-and-classroom\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T23:35:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T03:35:52","slug":"power-and-classroom","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/power-dynamics-postsecondary\/chapter\/power-and-classroom\/","title":{"raw":"Power and classroom","rendered":"Power and classroom"},"content":{"raw":"<p id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1754943114428_37\">It is important to understand three ideas that add feed into the concept of the culture of power \u2013 hegemony, ideology and power. <strong>Hegemony<\/strong> is when one group\u2019s ideology is imposed on to everyone in society. <strong>Ideology<\/strong> \u201crefers to the stories myths, explanations, definitions and rationalizations that are used to justify inequality between the dominant and the minoritized groups.\u201d (Sensoy &amp; DiAngelo, 2017, p. 73) Then that means that power is <strong>when people have the ability to impose their \u201cideas and interests on everyone.\u201d<\/strong> (Sensoy &amp; DiAngelo, 2017, p. 73)<\/p>\r\nWhen professors teach, the information they share can at times come from a narrow scope with one point of view that is being transmitted as the ultimate truth.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_404\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"1920\"]<a href=\"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/powerdynamicspostsecondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/duong-nguyen-5owK8oo1lOQ-unsplash-2.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-404 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/powerdynamicspostsecondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/duong-nguyen-5owK8oo1lOQ-unsplash-2.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of a modern multi story university building in Japan\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" \/><\/a> <strong>Figure 3.1.<\/strong> A tall modern university building surrounded by greenery, Japan.[\/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<h2 class=\"textbox__title\">Pause to reflect<\/h2>\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\nPlease think from your own experience, what does power look like between teacher and student?\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<p id=\"yui_3_18_1_1_1754943114428_37\">It is important to understand three ideas that add feed into the concept of the culture of power \u2013 hegemony, ideology and power. <strong>Hegemony<\/strong> is when one group\u2019s ideology is imposed on to everyone in society. <strong>Ideology<\/strong> \u201crefers to the stories myths, explanations, definitions and rationalizations that are used to justify inequality between the dominant and the minoritized groups.\u201d (Sensoy &amp; DiAngelo, 2017, p. 73) Then that means that power is <strong>when people have the ability to impose their \u201cideas and interests on everyone.\u201d<\/strong> (Sensoy &amp; DiAngelo, 2017, p. 73)<\/p>\n<p>When professors teach, the information they share can at times come from a narrow scope with one point of view that is being transmitted as the ultimate truth.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_404\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-404\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/powerdynamicspostsecondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/duong-nguyen-5owK8oo1lOQ-unsplash-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-404 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/powerdynamicspostsecondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/duong-nguyen-5owK8oo1lOQ-unsplash-2.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of a modern multi story university building in Japan\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/power-dynamics-postsecondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/duong-nguyen-5owK8oo1lOQ-unsplash-2.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/power-dynamics-postsecondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/duong-nguyen-5owK8oo1lOQ-unsplash-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/power-dynamics-postsecondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/duong-nguyen-5owK8oo1lOQ-unsplash-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/power-dynamics-postsecondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/duong-nguyen-5owK8oo1lOQ-unsplash-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/power-dynamics-postsecondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/duong-nguyen-5owK8oo1lOQ-unsplash-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/power-dynamics-postsecondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/duong-nguyen-5owK8oo1lOQ-unsplash-2-65x43.jpg 65w, https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/power-dynamics-postsecondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/duong-nguyen-5owK8oo1lOQ-unsplash-2-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/power-dynamics-postsecondary\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/duong-nguyen-5owK8oo1lOQ-unsplash-2-350x233.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-404\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Figure 3.1.<\/strong> A tall modern university building surrounded by greenery, Japan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<h2 class=\"textbox__title\">Pause to reflect<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p>Please think from your own experience, what does power look like between teacher and student?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-32","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":31,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/power-dynamics-postsecondary\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/power-dynamics-postsecondary\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/power-dynamics-postsecondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/power-dynamics-postsecondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/power-dynamics-postsecondary\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":415,"href":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/power-dynamics-postsecondary\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/32\/revisions\/415"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/power-dynamics-postsecondary\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/31"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/power-dynamics-postsecondary\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/32\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/power-dynamics-postsecondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/power-dynamics-postsecondary\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=32"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/power-dynamics-postsecondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=32"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/power-dynamics-postsecondary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}