Education and Funds of Knowledge

REVISED

Fall 2012 quarter

Faculty

Leslie Flemmer teacher education, critical pedagogy

Fields of Study

education

Preparatory for studies or careers in

Education, Cultural Studies

Description

We all possess skills, talents, and abilities that help us negotiate our educational, cultural, social, and linguistic networks. Some of us may be familiar with these "cultural artifacts" and their use in our daily, lived experiences; or they may remain unrealized and untapped as a tool for knowledge construction. Funds of knowledge is defined by researchers Luis Moll, Cathy Amanti, Deborah Neff, and Norma Gonzalez "to refer to the historically accumulated and culturally developed bodies of knowledge and skills essential for household or individual functioning and well-being."

This course will explore how Funds of Knowledge used as a method of teaching can provide schools, teachers, and members of the community with opportunities to learn more about their students and their families in new and distinct ways. Students with an interest in education can begin to examine how their own households contain rich cultural, historical, and cognitive resources that should be used in classrooms to provide culturally relevant and responsive lessons that tap students’ prior knowledge.

Advertised Schedule

5:30-9:30p Wed

Location

Olympia

Online Learning

No Required Online Learning

Books

Greener Store

Offered During

Evening

Program Revisions