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- noun sociology, education A social concept, grounded in
Marxist critical theory , that focuses on achieving an in-depth understanding of the world, allowing for the perception and exposure of perceivedsocial andpolitical contradictions .
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Examples
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Before we launch any 'conscientization' or "ideology" project we should be very clear that all ruling ideas are the ideas of our respective modern and ancient ruling classes.
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It was for those students who had undertaken the task of this "conscientization," their own as well as that of others, that organizations such as SASO, SASM, and the BPC (Black Peoples Convention) played an important role.
'I Saw a Nightmare …' Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976 2005
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"(The salvation of Jesus Christ means the salvation from slavery and poverty, that is why this is the perfect time for" conscientization ").
Bulatlat 2009
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"(The salvation of Jesus Christ means the salvation from slavery and poverty, that is why this is the perfect time for" conscientization ").
Bulatlat 2009
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There is a lack conscientization of the duties and obligations of the function.
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So, the problem of conscientization, it was a good program, to make all students being aware of what was taking place.
'I Saw a Nightmare …' Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976 2005
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Then you get access to guns and training, and then you don't have to throw stones, [but] they're still talking conscientization.
'I Saw a Nightmare …' Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976 2005
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The goal, of course, is to overcome the problems, but it is also to raise the awareness, the critical consciousness (conscientization), of the learners so as to end oppression in their individual and collective lives.
Civic Education Crittenden, Jack 2007
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In her analysis of the youth organizations, Gerhart pointed out that tensions remained unresolved between those who cautioned action and those who wanted to fight, and she pointed to the exact way through which conscientization — that first agenda of Black
'I Saw a Nightmare …' Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976 2005
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For Sam Mashaba, the teachings of Black Consciousness were important, and the sensitization, or conscientization, of students to the oppression that surrounded them was an important step toward liberation.
'I Saw a Nightmare …' Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976 2005
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