Developing critical literacy

I Vow to interrupt
​the cultural
hegemony that
dominates our
curricula, minds
and lives
​How can I 
develop
critical 
literacy
in my world
​history
classroom?

The University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education Residency in Teaching Program requires second year students to take an inquiry stance and develop a question that will help them explore their teaching/curriculum development/journey as a teacher. After writing my educational philosophy, I came up with the above mentioned question. It was inspired by Giroux's question below. I am excited for this journey because I know that this is just the beginning of a life long pursuit!
How do we make education meaningful by making it critical, and how do we make it critical so as to make it emancipatory?
-Henry Giroux