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Critical consciousness: Current status and future directions

  1. Roderick J. Watts1,
  2. Matthew A. Diemer2,
  3. Adam M. Voight3

Article first published online: 6 DEC 2011

DOI: 10.1002/cd.310

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New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development

New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development

Special Issue: Youth Civic Development: Work at the Cutting Edge

Volume 2011, Issue 134, pages 43–57, Winter 2011

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Watts, R. J., Diemer, M. A. and Voight, A. M. (2011), Critical consciousness: Current status and future directions. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2011: 43–57. doi: 10.1002/cd.310

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  1. 1

    City University of New York

  2. 2

    Michigan State University

  3. 3

    Vanderbilt University

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