| Description |
xii, 307 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction: theorizing practices -- 2. Beyond culture: the hybridity of funds of knowledge -- 3. Formation and transformation of funds of knowledge -- 4. Funds of knowledge for teaching: using a qualitative approach to connect homes and classrooms -- 5. Funds of knowledge for teaching in Latino households -- 6. La Visita -- 7. Beyond a beads and feathers approach -- 8. Empowering parents of multicultural backgrounds -- 9. Home is where the heart ss: a funds of knowledge-based curriculum module -- 10. Border crossings: funds of knowledge within an immigrant household -- 11. Social reconstructions of schooling: teacher evaluation of what they learned from participation in the funds of knowledge project -- 12. Funds of knowledge and team ethnography: reciprocal approaches -- 13. Preservice teachers enter urban communities: coupling funds of knowledge research and critical pedagogy in teacher education -- 14. Reflections on the study of households in New York City and Long Island: a different route, a common destination -- 15. Funds of distributed knowledge -- 16. Reflections and possibilities |
| Summary |
"The concept of "funds of knowledge" is based on a simple premise: people are competent and have knowledge, and their life experiences have given them that knowledge. The claim in this book is that first-hand research experiences with families allow one to document this competence and knowledge, and that such engagement provides many possibilities for positive pedagogical actions." "Drawing from both Vygotskian and neo-sociocultural perspectives in designing a methodology that views the everyday practices of language and action as constructing knowledge, the funds of knowledge approach facilitates a systematic and powerful way to represent communities in terms of the resources they possess and how to harness them for classroom teaching." "Funds of Knowledge: Theorizing Practices in Households, Communities, and Classrooms is for all teachers and teachers-to-be, and for researchers and graduate students of language, culture, and education."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Also available electronically |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Children with social disabilities -- Education -- United States.
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Home and school -- United States.
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Multicultural education -- United States.
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Place-based education -- United States.
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Teachers and community -- United States.
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Teaching -- Social aspects -- United States.
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| Author |
Amanti, Cathy.
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González, Norma.
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Moll, Luis C.
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| LC no. |
2004048707 |
| ISBN |
0805849173 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0805849181 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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