What is Conscientisation

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The fundamental approach emerging from Freire’s work (1970) in which learners become actively engaged in identifying problems, questioning, analyzing and developing strategies for change. Teachers serve as facilitators and resources to support student inquiry. Learn more in: Transformative Learning

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A term influenced by Paulo Freire that refers to raising the critical consciousness of an individual or group in order to understand root causes of oppression and poverty and then act to address the root causes identified. Learn more in: Embroidery, Resilience, and Discovery: Embroidery as Healing in the Guajira Peninsula