Critical consciousness socialization at school
- Schools are key contexts for the development of adolescents' critical consciousness. We explored how three dimensions of the classroom cultural diversity climate (critical consciousness, color-evasion, and multiculturalism) related to adolescents' critical reflection (i.e., perceived societal Islamophobia) and intended critical action (i.e., political activism). Our sample included adolescents experiencing high (second generation, Muslim, N = 237) versus low (non-immigrant descent, non-Muslim, N = 478) stigmatization in Germany. Multilevel analyses revealed that for both groups a critical consciousness climate, but not a color-evasive or a multicultural climate, was positively associated with perceived societal Islamophobia and intended critical action. Thus, to promote adolescents' critical consciousness, schools should go beyond emphasizing a common humanity and celebrating cultural diversity and include explicit discussions of social inequity.
Author details: | Miriam SchwarzenthalORCiDGND, Linda P. JuangORCiDGND, Ursula MoffittORCiD, Maja K. SchachnerORCiD |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12713 |
ISSN: | 1050-8392 |
ISSN: | 1532-7795 |
Pubmed ID: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35037338 |
Title of parent work (English): | Journal of research on adolescence : the official journal of the Society for Research on Adolescence |
Subtitle (English): | classroom climate, perceived societal islamophobia, and critical action among adolescents |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Place of publishing: | Hoboken |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of first publication: | 2022/01/17 |
Publication year: | 2022 |
Release date: | 2024/05/23 |
Tag: | Islamophobia; adolescents; classroom cultural diversity climate; critical consciousness |
Volume: | 32 |
Issue: | 4 |
Number of pages: | 18 |
First page: | 1452 |
Last Page: | 1469 |
Funding institution: | ProjektDEAL |
Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Bildungswissenschaften / Department Erziehungswissenschaft |
DDC classification: | 3 Sozialwissenschaften / 30 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie / 300 Sozialwissenschaften |
Peer review: | Referiert |
Publishing method: | Open Access / Hybrid Open-Access |
License (German): | CC-BY-NC-ND - Namensnennung, nicht kommerziell, keine Bearbeitungen 4.0 International |