Critical consciousness, conscientization, or conscientização (Portuguese), is a popular education and social concept developed by Brazilian pedagogue and educational theorist Paulo Freire, grounded in post-Marxist criticaltheory.Criticalconsciousness focuses on achieving an in-depth understanding of the world, allowing for the perception and exposure of social and political contradictions. Critical consciousness also includes taking action against the oppressive elements in one's life that are illuminated by that understanding.[

1. CONSCIENTIZATION
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2. conscientization
Critical consciousness, conscientization, or conscientização (Portuguese), is a popular
education and social concept developed by Brazilian pedagogue and educational theorist Paulo
Freire, grounded in post-Marxist criticaltheory.Criticalconsciousness focuses on achieving an
in-depth understanding of the world, allowing for the perception and exposure of social and
political contradictions. Critical consciousness also includes taking action against the oppressive
elements in one's life that are illuminated by that understanding.[
Introduction
Is water really important? Is such a simple liquid all that vital? Imagine with me what it would
be like to have a day without water. What would you drink? How would you clean yourself? In
what would you swim? You see, water is very large part of our lives. In fact, 57% to 75% of
your body is made out of it. But, did you know that 1.4 billion people don't have clean drinking
water? In a world of 6.8 billion people, 20.59% don't have clean drinking water. Obviously
water is a huge part of our daily lives and without it you cannot live. So, how can you help to
conserve the water and keep it clean? How could we make clean water accessible in other
nations?
Water conservation includes all the policies, strategies and activities made
to sustainably manage the natural resource fresh water, to protect the water environment, and to
meet the current and future human demand. Population, household size, and growth and
affluence all affect how much water is used. Factors such as climate change have increased
pressures on natural water resources especially in manufacturing and
agricultural irrigation.[1] Many US cities have already implemented policies aimed at water
conservation, with much success.[
 Ensuring availability of water for future generations where the withdrawal
of freshwater from an ecosystem does not exceed its natural replacement rate.
 Energy conservation as water pumping, delivery and wastewater treatment facilities
consume a significant amount of energy. In some regions of the world over 15% of
total electricity consumption is devoted to water management.
 Habitat conservation where minimizing human water use helps to preserve freshwater
habitats for local wildlife and migrating waterfowl, but also water quality.[3]

3.  Understand how we use water
 Look at different areas of where water is wasted or misused to raise awareness amongst the
students
 Ask and find out the answer to challenging questions: How can we save water at home and
school?
 Ask and find out the answer to challenging questions: How can we save water at home and
school?
IMPLEMENTATION
As per B. Ed curriculum we have to conduct a conscientizationprogramme during our school
internship period in ourpractice teaching school. As defined by Ledwith (2005)
"Conscientization is the process whereby people become aware of the political, socio-
economic and cultural contradictions that interact in a hegamonic way to diminish their living.
Conscientization is the process of becoming a critical thinker and unpacking dominant thought
and oppressive thought which results from the cycle of socialization.
I took my conscientization class on 7-12- 2016 . I was allotted after noon period . I took
one more period to complete the class. I selected the topic Water Scarcity because water is the
essential need for humans. It also one of the most under prioritized but over abused commodity.
Water is central to our lives but has not been the central point of focus in our planning while we
rapidly evolve into an urban society. The students were attentive and found interested in the
class. I started the class by introducing the quote by William Ashworth saying "Children
of a culture born in a water rich environment we have never really learned how important water
is to us. We understand it , but we do not respect I showed two video clips that depict the
dreadful effect of water scarcity at the beginning and ending of the class. I elicit students
responses to the topic and asked them to give familiar causes , effects, and solutions for the
issue. I used charts and PowerPoint presentations to transact the idea to the learners. The class
found effective and at last they took a pledge that they won waste water and will save water for
future.
Content
Water scarcity is the lack of sufficient available water resources to meet water needs within
a region. Water scarcity involves water stress, water shortage or deficit and water crisis. Water

4. scarcity is mainly due to human factors than natural such as industrialization, irrigation ,
domestic wastage of water etc.
Causes
1- Overuse of water
2- Pollution of water
3- Conflicts over an area of land with water resources
4- Distance from water resources
5- Drought
6- Disapperance of wetlands
7- Human interference with the underground aquifers
Effects
1- Lack of access to drinking water
2- Hunger or starvation leads to death
3- Lack of education to school children
4- Waterborne diseases
5- Sanitation and hygiene issues
6- Poverty leads to mental health problems and anxiety
7- Diminishing of agricultural yields
8- Harmful effect on biodiversity

5. Solutions
1- People get educated to prevent the problem from becoming worse in future
2- Use technology to recycle rain water
3- Use advance technologies for water conservation
4- Use improved practices for farming
5- Improve sewage systems to prevent diseases
6- Support clean water initiatives
7- Afforestation
So, as you see, there are a lot of things that we need to consider when we are looking
at water scarcity and how we can deal with it. If we start to look at this issue as a whole, and we
work hard to make sure that we are able to make a difference when it comes to this widespread
issue, we are going to be in a much better place to help people all over the

8. Conclusion
I am so glad that you have been able to learn a little bit about how we can be a helping hand in
the conservation of water in our world. Taking care of our planet is a big responsibility. We
have only scratched the surface of conservation of water, but if we all work together, we can
bring about change, not only with water, but with air, land, energy, waste, and others. Even
though you have completed this task, do not stop here. I encourage you to try and find out the
ways you can help your community to become active in conservation. Get involved and dig
deeper for life!