16.2111, Books: Applied Linguistics: Gonzalez et al

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Date: 07-Jul-2005
From: Elizabeth Gangeri < Elizabeth.Gangeri at erlbaum.com >
Subject: Funds of Knowledge: Gonzalez et al 

	
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Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 15:46:38
From: Elizabeth Gangeri < Elizabeth.Gangeri at erlbaum.com >
Subject: Funds of Knowledge: Gonzalez et al 
 



Title: Funds of Knowledge 
Subtitle: Theorizing Practices in Households, Communities, and Classrooms 
Publication Year: 2005 
Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
	   http://www.erlbaum.com/
	
Editor: Norma E. Gonzalez, University of Utah
Editor: Luis Moll, University of Arizona
Editor: Cathy Amanti, Tucson Unified School District

Hardback: ISBN: 0805849173 Pages: 320 Price: U.S. $ 89.95
Paperback: ISBN: 0805849181 Pages: 320 Price: U.S. $ 34.50


Abstract:

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 reader 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. 



Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics


Written In: English  (ENG)
	
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