Social Consciousness Theories.7 Social Consciousness Student Name Institution Supervisor Social Consciousness Everyone utilizes consciousness in their day to day activities. Freire said education can be used either as a way to engage the young into the fast-changing world, or as a tool teaching people to be self-sufficient by innovative thinking (Freire, Ramos, & Macedo, 2009). Lev Vygotsky (1896 - 1934), the Russian psychologist argued factors such as community and culture played a crucial role in individual cognitive development