Critical Pedagogy

Definition - "Critical pedagogy considers how education can provide individuals with the tools to better themselves and strengthen democracy, to create a more egalitarian and just society, and thus to deploy education in a process of progressive social change." 

21st Century Schools (n.d.). Criticial Pedagogy Retrieved from http://www.21stcenturyschools.com/critical_pedagogy.htm

 Application - Critical pedagogy is applicable to community development because community development focuses on helping whole communities create changes for themselves. Critical pedagogy does just that by giving communities the tools to help themselves rather than us as social workers creating "solutions" for them without understanding the community

Alternate Application - This theory could also be applicable to parents. Rather than constantly "solving problems" for their kids, parents can teach kids how to solve their own problems and encourage them to work through obstacles on their own after giving them the tools to do so.