Cultivating Critically Conscious Educators
Alta Joy Broughton, Ph. D., is Assistant Professor of Special Education at Saint Mary’s College of California. Dr. Broughton's scholarship revolves around the equitable education of emergent bilingual students who may or may not have learning disabilities. Her dissertation titled, Cultivating Educator’s Critical Consciousness of the Language and Learning Needs of Emergent Bilinguals, proposes an interdisciplinary framework for coaching general educators rooted in Freirian, emancipatory pedagogy. She was awarded For information on professional development workshops and university-school partnerships contact Dr. Broughton at ajb2@stmarys-ca.edu
Scholarship
The Model
The Cultivating Critically Conscious Educators Model is an interdisciplinary conceptual model for developing teachers committed to social justice for students historically marginalized in schools and society. This model draws from the established works of scholars across disciplines. Read about the principles and theories this model is informed by.
The Research
The CCCE model evolved through Dr. Broughton's work with pre-service and in-service teachers. Through imploring anti-colonizing methods such as participatory action research and transformative interviewing, we come to an understanding of the lived experiences of teachers.
The Practice
Emerging from Freire’s (1970) Pedagogy of the Oppressed, the concept of critical consciousness was originally intended as a teaching approach to empower students to question authority and engage in actively overthrowing systemic oppression of racism and classism. Read about how teacher educators, teachers, and students practice the CCCE model.