Funds of Knowledge

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 re

Gonzalez, Norma; Moll, Luis C.; Amanti, Cathy

Contents: Preface. N. González, L. Moll, C. Amanti, Introduction. Part I: Theoretical Underpinnings.N. González, Beyond Culture: The Hybridity of Funds of Knowledge. C. Vélez-Ibáñez, J. Greenberg, Formation and Transformation of Funds of Knowledge. L. Moll, C. Amanti, D. Neff, N. González, Funds of Knowledge for Teaching: Using a Qualitative Approach to Connect Homes and Classrooms. N. González, L. Moll, M.F. Tenery, A. Rivera, P. Rendón, C. Amanti, Funds of Knowledge for Teaching in Latino Households. Part II: Teachers as Researchers.M.F. Tenery, La Visita. C. Amanti, Beyond a Beads and Feathers Approach. M. Hensley, Empowering Parents of Multicultural Backgrounds. P. Sandoval-Taylor, Home Is Where the Heart Is: A Funds of Knowledge-Based Curriculum Module. A. Browning-Aiken, Border-Crossings: Funds of Knowledge Within an Immigrant Household. J. Messing, Social Reconstructions of Schooling: Teacher Evaluations of What They Learned From Participation in the Funds of Knowledge Project. Part III: Translocations: New Contexts, New Directions.M. Brenden, Funds of Knowledge and Team Ethnography: Reciprocal Approaches. P. Buck, P.S. Sylvester, Pre-Service Teachers Enter Urban Communities: Coupling Funds of Knowledge Research and Critical Pedagogy in Teacher Education. C. Mercado, Reflections on the Study of Households in New York City and Long Island: A Different Route, a Common Destination. N. González, R. Andrade, M. Civil, L. Moll, Funds of Distributed Knowledge. Part IV: Concluding Commentary.L. Moll, Reflections and Possibilities.