SOWK 1011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: White Privilege, Critical Consciousness, And She Was

• School: York University
• Department: Social Work
• Course: SOWK 1011
• Professor: Chris Chapman

Document Summary

Critical consciousness: is the ability to perceive social, political, and economic oppression and to take action against the oppressive elements of society. Critical thinking: the objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgment. Critical reflection: is a reasoning process to make meaning of an experience. Critical reflection is descriptive, analytical, and critical, and can be articulated in a number of ways such as in written form, orally, or as an artistic expression. Ideology: system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy. Marginalized: treat (a person, group, or concept) as insignificant or peripheral. These statements (below) suggest the other parts of what we mean by critical social work: critical thinking, and critical reflection. The critical in critical social work is generally understood to mean three things: You are asking questions because it is marginalization. Learn to be critical, learn to ask questions,