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Direct linkDiemer, Matthew A.; Pinedo, Andres; Bañales, Josefina; Mathews, Channing J.; Frisby, Michael B.; Harris, Elise M.; McAlister, Sara – Child Development Perspectives, 2021
Scholarship on critical consciousness frames how people who are more marginalized deeply analyze, feel empowered to change, and take collective action to redress perceived inequities. These three dimensions correspond to critical reflection, motivation, and action, respectively. In this article, we aim to recenter action in scholarship on critical…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Consciousness Raising, Scholarship, Social Action
Download full textDiemer, Matthew A.; Pinedo, Andres; Banales, Josefina; Mathews, Channing J.; Frisby, Michael B.; Wilkerson, Elise M.; McAlister, Sara – Grantee Submission, 2021
Critical consciousness (CC) scholarship frames how more marginalized people deeply analyze, feel empowered to change, and take collective action to redress perceived inequities. These three dimensions of CC correspond to critical reflection, motivation, and action, respectively. This paper aims to re-center action in CC scholarship, given the…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Social Action, Empowerment, Change Agents
Diemer, Matthew A.; Rapa, Luke J. – Child Development, 2016
This research examines the complex patterns by which distinct dimensions of critical consciousness may lead marginalized adolescents toward distinct forms of political action. Structural equation modeling was applied to nationally representative data from the Civic Education Study (2,811 ninth graders; M[subscript age] = 14.6), first establishing…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Disadvantaged, Social Action, Voting
Diemer, Matthew A.; Ortega, Lilyana – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2010
Australia's Indigenous population is excluded from a range of opportunities, experiences and amenities that facilitate wellbeing, self-determination and social inclusion. This social exclusion constrains the career development and occupational attainment of Indigenous youth, which represent key routes to societal inclusion. Critical…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Populations, Disadvantaged, Social Isolation
Diemer, Matthew A.; Li, Cheng-Hsien – Child Development, 2011
Given associations between critical consciousness and positive developmental outcomes, and given racial, socioeconomic, and generational disparities in political participation, this article examined contextual antecedents of critical consciousness (composed of sociopolitical control and social action) and its consequences for 665 marginalized…
Descriptors: Race, Voting, Political Attitudes, Social Action
Watts, Roderick J.; Diemer, Matthew A.; Voight, Adam M. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2011
In this chapter, the authors consider Paulo Freire's construct of critical consciousness (CC) and why it deserves more attention in research and discourse on youth political and civic development. His approach to education and similar ideas by other scholars of liberation aims to foster a critical analysis of society--and one's status within…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Criticism, Service Learning, Social Change
