User:Rachellelee/sandbox

Adolescents who are marginalized based on characteristics of their identity such as their race, social class, income, and gender can benefit from being critically conscious. To be critically conscious an individual must be more than aware of the oppressive systemic forces in society. Individuals must also have "a sense of efficacy to work against oppression, and engagement in individual or collective action against oppression". According to Heberle et al. (2020), being critically conscious is a developmental asset that promotes empowerment and fosters thriving in individuals or adolescents who are marginalized.

An intensive study done by Heberle et al. (2020), focused on reviewing and analyzing literature on critical consciousness and the impact it has on children and adolescents up to 18 years of age. This study reviews and adds to critical consciousness literature by taking more systematic and comprehensive approaches. Various empirical literature is used in understanding the relationship between "critical consciousness and other aspects of child and adolescent development, interventions utilized to foster critical consciousness, and the measurement of critical consciousness".

Heberle, A. E., Rapa, L. J., & Farago, F. (2020). Critical consciousness in children and adolescents: A systematic review, critical assessment, and recommendations for future research. Psychological Bulletin, 146(6), 525-527.

Peer Review by Ravon:

-Your second sentence in your first paragraph would sound great as your lead sentence. It draws me in and makes me want to read further into understanding what racial consciousness is.

-Possibly support your sentence "Adolescences who are marginalized based on..." by explaining what the benefits are of being critically conscious?

-In your second paragraph, maybe add how children and adolescents are impacted by critical consciousness?

-Maybe explain what critical consciousness is in your own words or in a simplified manner? (What helps is thinking about who will be reading about critical consciousness. I remember Dr. Tran mentioned that we want to share and simply our knowledge to high school students and teachers who will be looking at the Wikipedia pages.)