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A traditional view of power would be a force that someone wields over others. However, Michel Foucault’s view of power turns it into a relationship between two or more individuals that becomes quite liberating (1994). Through powerrelationships, freedom of choice is created. His view exists beyond mere philosophy and can be applied everywhere in life; the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) Communication Center training course is no different. The UNCG Communication Center training course has the goal of training junior consultants (trainees) into senior consultants and gives them the ability to help other students create and reform presentations, no matter what stage of the speechmaking process they maybe on, through the means of feedback. The UNCG Communication Center mirrors Foucault’s concepts of power and freedom in training which creates a self-reliance in the trainees that other communication centers should utilize.  \nFoucault analyzes power through the antagonist’s point of view because they are the ones who ultimately need to choose to conform in a power relationship. Power is a mode of operations based on the actions of others with the existence of freedom (Foucault, 1994) . Commonly in the workplace, an employer gives an action that an employee must fulfill. Freedom resides within the employee’s resistance or at the very least, the opportunity for resistance. If the employee has a full comprehension of the consequences, and if those consequences  \ndo not entail violence, the employee has the full right to resist any force put upon them by their employer. During training at the UNCG Communication Center, each consultant and trainee could resist any form of action put upon them. Of course, there is a chance of getting asked not to return or not being hired to become a full consultant, but these sacrifices are well understood beforehand. The more freedom that is given to the trainee during training, the more satisfaction they will have, and one practicum course professor, Kim Cuny, believes that greater satisfaction in a consultant will lead to greater professional development (2018) .  \nIt is commonplace for freedom to exist in the workforce, but the level of freedom given to a trainee at one particular university’s communication center is exceptional. The UNCG Communication Center’s training course coalesces training for a job and credit for a college course with the aim to teach students about communication skills and theories. This model empowers trainees, allowing for learning and professional development to happen freely.  \nTrainees have a full semester to learn the processes required to perform their duty. Each training consultant must finish a checklist of goals by the end of the semester. The trainee is given ample time to complete everything on the list and given the freedom to learn at their own pace. Some of the items on the list have a soft time window because they are related to specific consultations that do not normally happen until later in the semester. The power is put exclusively in  \nthe hands of the trainee. Through the time required to finish the checklist and the freedom given, the professional development of the trainee is self-reinforced.  \nAs a 3-credit college course, training employs non-traditional methods based around andragogy to reinforce the professional development of the consultant. Andragogy is the pedagogical process used to teach adults (Knowles, 1984). Everything from the posted schedule to the grading method used, deviates from a traditional format of teaching. There is a posted schedule to complete specific projects, but the dates are tentative. If the trainee can show they are capable of finishing everything on the checklist and performing the du","cbCaikumssMVCMsg","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikumssMVCMsg","pdf",28759,"English","# Core Framework: Power and Freedom in Training\n## UNCG Communication Center’s Training Goals and Mechanisms\n# Andragogy-Based Course Design\n## Checklist, Flexible Scheduling, and Goal Completion\n## Non-Traditional Assessment and Feedback\n# Panopticon as a Model for Self-Regulation","[{\"question\":\"How does Foucault’s view of power differ from a traditional understanding of power?\",\"answer\":\"Foucault treats power as a relationship between individuals rather than a force someone simply wields over others. 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