Journal Article

The Development of Critical Consciousness and its Relation to Academic Achievement in Adolescents of Color

Graves, Daren, Clark, Shelby, Seider, Scott

2020

Overview

Critical consciousness, the process by which individuals come to understand, analyze, and take action against systems of oppression, is associated with several positive youth outcomes. However, little research has considered how the core components of critical consciousness (critical reflection, political agency, critical action) are associated with academic achievement. The present study explored the extent to which the developing critical consciousness of adolescents of color (N = 364) over 4 years of high school predicted academic achievement, as measured by grade point average (GPA) and the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). Results demonstrated that adolescents’ critical reflection and critical action intercepts predicted SAT scores whereas critical reflection and critical action slopes predicted GPAs. Political agency was not predictive of either academic outcome.

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell,Oxford University Press
• Subject: Academic Achievement / Academic Aptitude / Academic Success / Action / Adolescent / Adolescent Development - physiology / Adolescents / Aptitude Tests / College Entrance Examinations / Color / Consciousness / Consciousness - physiology / Consciousness Raising / Correlation / Critical Thinking / Educational evaluation / Ethnic Groups / Female / Grade Point Average / Grades (Scholastic) / High School Students / Humans / Male / Minority Group Students / Oppression / Outcomes of Education / Political Attitudes / Prediction / SAT assessment / Schools / Scores / Secondary schools / Students / Teenagers / Thinking - physiology / United States