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What is Cultural Capital Wealth

Bridging Family-Teacher Relationships for ELL and Immigrant Students
A Critical Race Theory that draws on the knowledge Students of Color bring with them from their home and community. It is an approach to change the deficit model in our education system and to address the need for educators to fight for social and racial justice (Yosso, 2005).
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Kindergarten Writing: Utilizing Funds of Knowledge in a Digital Classroom
Claire Hood (San Jose State University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-4712-0.ch016
Abstract
The author examined how the utilization of technology could impact students' narrative writing. A common issue that arises in the teaching of writing is students' ability to conceptualize a topic to write about. Often, students' writing is focused on school events and activities rather than reflecting their cultural wealth that take place outside of school. Drawing inspiration from Moll, Amanti, Neff, and Gonzalez's seminal study on how home visits can incorporate students' funds of knowledge into the curriculum, the author suggests student and family-provided photographs into the writing workshop could create a more reciprocal relationship with students' families.
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