TY  - BOOK
AU  - González,Norma
AU  - Moll,Luis C.
AU  - Amanti,Cathy
TI  - Funds of knowledge: theorizing practice in households, communities, and classrooms 
SN  - 9780805849189
U1  - 371.19 GON 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Home and school
KW  - United States
KW  - Teachers and community
KW  - Place-based education
KW  - Children with social disabilities
KW  - Education
KW  - Teaching
KW  - Social aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - "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"--Provided by publisher.

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