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Moll, Luis C. – Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, 2019
This article discusses a sociocultural approach we have developed, which we refer to as funds of knowledge. The emphasis of the funds of knowledge work has been to develop both theory and methods through which educators can approach and document the funds of knowledge of families and re-present them on the bases of the knowledge, resources, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Background, Cultural Context
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Xu, Wen; Stahl, Garth – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2022
Despite suspicions concerning the global expansion of Chinese as a Foreign Language (CFL) education, the teaching of Chinese is often a mainstay within global citizenship and elite education. With this paradox in mind, the paper draws on theories of classed selfhood and learner identities to explore the possibilities of CFL to influence the…
Descriptors: Working Class, Self Concept, Chinese, Second Language Learning
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Subero, David; Vila, Ignasi; Esteban-Guitart, Moisès – International Journal of Educational Psychology, 2015
The population of children in schools is rapidly becoming more ethnically and culturally diverse. However, there is a mismatch between the cultures in children's homes and the cultures in their schools. The funds of knowledge approach emerged in Tucson (Arizona, USA) in order to counter the deficit perspectives common in depictions of…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Teaching Methods, Social Justice, Working Class