| College Book World, in association with Amazon.com, provides you with the security, reliability, selection and price you’ve come to expect from the largest, most trusted names in online shopping. |
|
|
Funds of Knowledge: Theorizing Practices in Households and Classrooms |  | Creators: Norma Gonzalez, Luis C. Moll, Cathy Amanti
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Category: Book
List Price: $47.95
Buy Used: $28.27
as of 5/19/2012 18:13 EDT details
You Save: $19.68 (41%)
New (25) Used (27) from $28.27
Seller: SuperBookDeals---
Sales Rank: 438,164
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 320
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 0805849181
Dewey Decimal Number: 371.192
EAN: 9780805849189
ASIN: 0805849181
Publication Date: June 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Usually ships within 1-2 business days. All USA orders shipped via USPS with delivery confirmation, please allow 4-14 business days for delivery. USPS does not provide delivery confirmation for APO/FPO addresses or addresses outside of the 50 US states. No guarantee on products that contain supplements and some products may include highlighting and writing. We are dedicated to 100% customer satisfaction.
| |
| Also Available In:
|
| Similar Items:
| |
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
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. This book accomplishes three objectives: It gives readers the basic methodology and techniques followed in the contributors' funds of knowledge research; it extends the boundaries of what these researchers have done; and it explores the applications to classroom practice that can result from teachers knowing the communities in which they work. In a time when national educational discourses focus on system reform and wholesale replicability across school sites, this book offers a counter-perspective stating that instruction must be linked to students' lives, and that details of effective pedagogy should be linked to local histories and community contexts. This approach should not be confused with parent participation programs, although that is often a fortuitous consequence of the work described. It is also not an attempt to teach parents "how to do school" although that could certainly be an outcome if the parents so desired. Instead, the funds of knowledge approach attempts to accomplish something that may be even more challenging: to alter the perceptions of working-class or poor communities by viewing their households primarily in terms of their strengths and resources, their defining pedagogical characteristics. Funds of Knowledge: Theorizing Practices in Households, Communities, and Classrooms is a critically important volume for all teachers and teachers-to-be, and for researchers and graduate students of language, culture, and education.
|
| |
|
College Book World, in association with Amazon.com, provides you with the security, reliability, selection and price you’ve come to expect from the largest, most trusted names in online shopping.
Our association with Amazon.com provides you with the utmost in security and reliability. Browse our store and add items to your cart and have peace knowing that your order will be processed and fulfilled through the Amazon.com network.
The obvious question is why shop our store versus going directly to Amazon.com? Our commitment is to present you with focused products that have been specially organized and presented. You could view us as your own personal shopper or concierge. You still end up purchasing from the same major store. We save you time finding the product you are looking to find and streamline the process for you.
While we all like the great prices and selection found at the large mass wholesalers, but it is easy to get lost in the process. We are committed to making shopping quick and easy. |
|
|
|
|
CERTAIN CONTENT THAT APPEARS ON THIS SITE COMES FROM AMAZON SERVICES LLC. THIS CONTENT IS PROVIDED ‘AS IS’ AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE OR REMOVAL AT ANY TIME. College Book World is an associate of Amazon.com | |
