title: Teaching for social justice and social action.
abstract: Social justice education involves promoting critical awareness of social inequalities and developing skills that work against these inequalities. This article describes a general theoretical framework for social justice education, describes general strategies for facilitating students' social justice awareness and engagement, identifies challenges to social education, and highlights articles in the special issue that address these themes.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , Roosevelt University , Chicago , Illinois , USA.
authors.forename: Susan R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Torres-Harding
authors.forename: Steven A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Meyers
mesh_terms: D001364:Awareness; D006801:Humans; D012922:Social Change; D012935:Social Justice / Q000193:education*; D058992:Social Participation; D014495:Universities; D014838:Volunteers