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  • 2 - Critical Consciousness Development in the Context of a School-Based Action Civics Intervention

  • from Part I - Pedagogical, Curricular, and School-Based Contexts
  • Edited by Erin B. Godfrey, New York University, Luke J. Rapa, Clemson University, South Carolina
  • Book:
    Developing Critical Consciousness in Youth
    Published online:
    11 May 2023
    Print publication:
    25 May 2023, pp 41-59

  • Summary

    This chapter presents school-based action civics interventions as a setting for critical consciousness (CC) development. Action civics programs guide students to take collective action to address locally relevant civic issues within a context that promotes reflection and skills development. We highlight one action civics program, Generation Citizen (GC), and overlay programmatic components with the core elements of CC to elucidate how action civics may support CC development and where the constraints may be. The features of GC that we propose align with CC development are: placing action at the center of the program; fostering critical social analysis and reflection; valuing children’s right to participation; and focusing on skill-building. Images of youth-generated action civics presentation posters are used to illustrate aspects of CC. Finally, this chapter offers next steps to bridge across CC and action civics theory, research, and practice.