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Critical thinking is not just acquiring new knowledge; it is also understanding the social
dimensions of knowledge.
Critical Theory A body of scholarship that examines how society works, and is a
tradition that emerged in the early part of the 20th century from a
group of scholars at the Institute for Social Research.
Social Stratification The concept that social groups are relationally positioned and
ranked into a hierarchy of unequal value.
Minoritized Group A social group that is devalued in society and given less access to
resources. This devaluating encompasses how the group is
represented, what degree of access to resources it is granted, and
how the unequal access is rationalized.
Different levels of thinking: opinion versus critical thinking, layperson versus scholarly
Political nature of knowledge production and validation
Historical context of current social processes and institutions
Process of socialization and its relationship to social stratification
Inequitable distribution of power and resources among social groups
We can't address issue of critical social justice
without first examining the maps we are using to
identify the problem and conceptualize the
solutions.
WHY?
The three dimensions to guide students:
Types of Knowledge: