critical pedagogy http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91004641 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Critical_pedagogy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_pedagogy https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1519217 LC196-LC196.5 A philosophy of education and social movement that developed and applied concepts from critical theory and related traditions to the field of education and the study of culture. It insists that issues of social justice and democracy are not distinct from acts of teaching and learning. The goal of critical pedagogy is emancipation from oppression through an awakening of the critical consciousness, based on the Portuguese term conscientização. When achieved, critical consciousness encourages individuals to effect change in their world through social critique and political action in order to self-actualize. pedagogy