An American social work faculty person took responsibility for a study abroad program in Costa Rica. One of the major challenges was that the faculty member had very limited command of Spanish. One afternoon, the instructor and three students stopped at a local grocery market to make some purchases. He was embarrassed about the fact that he was becoming an impediment to the other people in the store and felt powerless to be able to "fix" the situation. According to Freire's ideas about moving from naïve consciousness to critical consciousness, this faculty member is in which of the following stage?

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The faculty member is in the "awareness" stage according to Freire's ideas about moving from naïve consciousness to critical consciousness. This stage involves recognizing a problem or limitation, which in this case is the faculty member's limited command of Spanish and the resulting feelings of embarrassment and powerlessness.

An American Social Work Faculty Person Took Responsibility for a Study