The Stages of Conscientization Conscientization, again, is the chief goal of the Freirean educational program. It’s a big word that means exactly what it seems to imply: the process of awakening critical consciousness, which is neo-Marxist activist consciousness. It is becoming “conscious” to one’s political context as a Critical Marxist (or, today, a Woke Marxist); it is learning to “recognize” the conditions of your life from the oppressed standpoint as well as your role in perpetuating them and potential for overthrowing them.
