How can we teach students to "intervene in their realities" and become "active subjects in their own lives"?

How can we teach students to "intervene in their realities" and become "active subjects in their own lives" as Wallowitz (2008, p.3) suggests in Critical Literacy as Resistance?



Wallowitz suggests that once students recognize reality as a social construction, and is undergoing constant transformation, then they would learn to live fully and be able to intervene in their realities.  As educators we can help to make our students aware of how each of our prospective fields are advancing and changing over time and then point out that it is perfectly within reason for any one person to instill change in their reality.  For example, we can show the history of mathematics as an ever changing and evolving entity which expands with each year.  We can train our students to explore the world around them and note the never ending changes that occur, and encourage them to get actively engaged in the different aspects of the world where they have interest.  Students that are interested in journalism could become knowledgeable in different the different fields and types of journalism and get experience in participating in those fields.  Promoting students to take action and make attempts to change their worlds is the best thing that we can do to promote that they become active subjects in their own lives and begin to intervene in the different realities that they live in.
(MD)