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“We Are the Future”

Critical Inquiry and Social Action in the Classroom

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ID21650239
AuthorsHiller A Spires (0000-0002-0249-7941, North Carolina State University, corresponding author), Marie Himes (0000-0003-2553-7050, North Carolina State University), Cassie C Lee (0000-0002-9110-2170, North Carolina State University), Andrea Gambino (0000-0002-6366-3659, University of California, Los Angeles)
Year2021
Volume53
Issue2
Pages219-241
Publication date2021-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Reading Behavior (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-4111 • E-ISSN: 1554-8430
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1086296x211009283
OpenAlexW3162141765
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited26

This study explored how engaging in critical inquiry through Project-Based Inquiry (PBI) Global fostered social action with high school students. Drawing on theoretical perspectives from critical inquiry and social action and employing a collective case study approach, we focused on six diverse students from two of the 18 teams who participated in a PBI Global examining global water and sanitation over a two-month period. Data sources included semi-structured student interviews, students’ posts and uploads in a shared writing space, and students’ multimodal products of learning. Three themes emerged from the analysis across the data sources: synergistic collaboration, critical analysis and creation of multimodal texts, and understanding global and local interdependence to take social action. The discussion illuminates how students’ engagement in critical inquiry and social action ignite the emergence of Freire’s notion of critical consciousness

Action research · Citizenship · Citizenship education · Consciousness raising · Critical consciousness · Critical pedagogy · Critical theory · Critical thinking · Epistemology · Global Citizenship Education · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Social studies · Sociology · Education and Critical Thinking Development · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Psychology

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Unique citing works10
Citations per year2,5
Citation span2022 - 2026 (5)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 10
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