Developing Critical Consciousness in Youth

Introducing the contexts and settings of youth's critical consciousness development Erin B. Godfrey and Luke J. Rapa; Part I. Pedagogical, Curricular and School-Based Contexts: 1. Tools of whiteness and teaching for critical consciousness Daren Graves, Aaliyah El-Amin and Scott Seider; 2. Critical consciousness development in the context of a school-based action civics intervention Parissa J. Ballard, Elena Maker Castro, Juliana E. Karras, Scott Warren and Alison K. Cohen; 3. Critical consciousness in place-based action civics Kathryn Y. Morgan and Brian D. Christens; Part II. Extra-Curricular Contexts: 4. Re-envisioning the 'Big Three': out of school time programs to promote critical consciousness development in youth of color Edmond P. Bowers, Candice W. Bolding, Lidia Y. Monjaras-Gaytan and Bernadette Sanchez; 5. Breaking down the arts: a novel exploration of how varying kinds of arts participation relate to critical consciousness among youth of color Deanna A. Ibrahim, Andrew Nalani and Erin B. Godfrey; 6. Advocacy-based service learning as a context for critical consciousness development Shabnam Javdani, Erin B. Godfrey, Christina Ducat and Selima Jumarali; Part III. Societal Contexts: 7. Critical race consciousness: conceptualizing a model of race-specific critical consciousness among youth Josefina Banales, Adriana Aldana and Elan C. Hope; 8. The quest for racial justice: an overview of research on racism and critical action for youth of color Elan C. Hope, Channing J. Mathews, Alexis S. Briggs and Anitra R. Alexander; 9. Critical consciousness development among undocumented youth: state of the science, historiography of immigration policy and recommendations for research and practice German A. Cadenas, Rafael Martinez Orozco and Carlos Aguilar; 10. Influences of sense of social responsibility, immigrant bargain and immigrant optimism on critical consciousness development among immigrant youth of color Maria Alejandra Arce, Claudia A. Delbasso and Gabriel P. Kuperminc; Concluding thoughts on the role of contexts and settings in youth critical consciousness development Erin B. Godfrey and Luke J. Rapa.