Date of Completion
5-1988
Document Type
Open Access Capstone
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
First Advisor
Wanda Teays
Second Advisor
Delores Gallo
Third Advisor
Nellie McKay
Abstract
This thesis is a study of the complex interrelation between thought and language and the relevance of social and cultural influences on a mature critical concept of self. This study represents an effort to propose a curriculum for literacy that facilitates the restructuring of consciousness in the adult learner. The intent is to promote transformation of student apperception from that of internalized reactive powerlessness to proactive self-empowerment. It is an emancipatory theory of literacy with a corresponding transformative pedagogy that promotes the ability to name and define the relationship of self and environment, and one that engages learners to transform their world.
Recommended Citation
Byerly, Victoria, "Literacy as a Source for Critical Consciousness Thought, Language, and Concept of Self" (1988). Critical and Creative Thinking Capstones Collection. 39.
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/cct_capstone/39