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It traces the concept to Paulo Freire’s critical literacy and explains how research has investigated young people’s sociopolitical understanding and the benefits of mentor-facilitated development. 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There have been many meaningful studies over the last quarter century that have explored how young people build critical consciousness, how mentors and other caring adults can support that process, and the benefits that young people experience when they build their sociopolitical understanding and work to make the world around them abetter place.  \nThis section summarizes the relevant theory and scholarship to date on these topics — a body of work that is still somewhat in its infancy. In fact, it is important to note that there have so far been very few rigorous studies of critical mentoring concepts, with one recent research synthesis1 noting that none of the 67 articles reviewed had used an experimental design or control group against which to compare results, which makes it challenging to determine the best ways in which adults can do critical mentoring work. Nevertheless, the critical mentoring scholarship to date offers many relevant theories and research findings that can compliment elder/practitioner wisdom and support the development of effective programs and mentoring relationships for young people.  \nWhat are the theoretical building blocks of critical mentoring?  \nThe origins of critical mentoring go back to the seminal work of Brazilian educator Paulo Freire who first conceptualized the idea of critical consciousness as part of his efforts to promote literacy among the oppressed lower classes in his country.2 He felt that developing literacy was also essential to these rural communities being able to “read” the social context of oppression they experienced —  \nthat by developing their critical thinking and critical language skills they might be able to harness the power of their collective voicesand fight back in meaningful ways against their marginalization and the oppressive structures of Brazilian society.3 It did not take long for scholars and activists around the world to see the power in Freire’s ideas and to start developing programmatic experiences and interventions that could help other groups see the world around them in more accurate and complex ways so that they could also take action to break out of their cycles of oppression.  \nOver the years, many scholars have attempted to articulate the various components that likely build critical consciousness in individuals. While the labels and specific terms may change slightly across researchers, there is general consensus that there are four main aspects to building critical consciousness,4 each of which research suggests develop reciprocally and in mutually reinforcing ways,5 rather thanas a linear sequence:  \nCritical Mentoring Supplement to the  \nElements of Effective Practice for Mentoring™  \n1. Critical Social Analysis (also known as “critical reflection”) . This aspect involves individuals engaging in meaningful thought and dialogue about their experiences and how they interact with the systems and institutions, as well as the individuals in their lives. This reflection is often fueled by marginalizing experiences among individuals, such as a teacher at school committing a racial microaggression, or at the systemic level, such as housing discrimination or disproportionate contact with the police.6 Individuals and groups often engage in critical questioning as part of reflection, seeking to understand the historical and systemic root causes of oppression rather than simply believing dominant and self-justifying false narratives that oppressive systems often promote.7 Mentors and others may play a critical role here, as they can help ","cbCaiekSH4G1EdpR","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiekSH4G1EdpR","pdf",753619,"English","# Overview\n## Research foundations and key findings\n## Theoretical building blocks of critical mentoring\n### Critical social analysis\n### Collective identification\n### Political self-efficacy or motivation","[{\"question\":\"Why does the resource review scholarly research on critical mentoring?\",\"answer\":\"It helps complement elder/practitioner wisdom with evidence from studies on how young people develop critical consciousness through mentoring relationships.\"},{\"question\":\"What major limitation do the research studies have, according to the section?\",\"answer\":\"Few rigorous studies exist; one synthesis reported that none of 67 reviewed articles used an experimental design or control group, making it hard to identify the best adult approaches.\"},{\"question\":\"What are the main components that build critical consciousness in the model described?\",\"answer\":\"The section presents four main aspects: critical social analysis (critical reflection), collective identification, political self-efficacy or motivation, and related reciprocal, mutually reinforcing development rather than a linear sequence.\"}]","WHAT DOES RESEARCH TELL US ABOUT MENTORING & BUILDING YOUTHS’CRITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS? | PDF",1792055910,18]