In this essay we argue that one way to combat the depressing creep of neoliberal university is recuperate and re-use consciousness raising (CR) in teaching, administration, research, engagement. Consciousness-raising can be roughly characterised as first, an apprehending one’s place a system, second, feeling inspired do something about system. We propose CR especially helpful think our work con...

INTRODUCTION Based largely on the writings of educational philosopher and activist Paulo Freire (see, e.g. 1970, 1977, 1989, 1993), educational researchers have demonstrated the contemporary relevance of dialogic and critical pedagogy to teachers and students of all ages, especially in urban schools (Cammarota & Fine, 2008; Darder, Baltodano, & Torres, 2003; DuncanAndrade & Morrell, 2008; Gay, ...

This study investigated the comparative effect of consciousness raising tasks on the reading comprehen- sion ability of the high and low risk-taking English as Foreign Language (EFL) learners. To achieve the purpose of this study, 106 students from the Shahid Sattary University in Tehran were selected from among a total number of 150 based on their performance on the Preliminary English T...