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Funds of Knowledge and Discourses and Hybrid Space

January 1, 2009 | Informal/Formal Connections

This article examines how effectively a curriculum designed for a sixth grade classroom in a low income urban middle school was adapted utilize the funds of knowledge that existed among the students. The author discusses how all students draw on information that they obtain from their environment in the classroom and that this is often difficult for students in science classrooms in urban areas. The curriculum that is examined was for a unit that explored food and nutrition. The authors examine what funds of knowledge the students did bring into the classroom and how they were able to utilize this knowledge in the food and nutrition unit.

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  • 2014 11 19 Calabrese Barton Angela 2014
    Author
    Michigan State University
  • Edna Tan
    Author
    Michigan State University
  • Citation

    ISSN : 0022-4308
    Publication Name: Journal of Research in Science Teaching
    Volume: 46
    Number: 1
    Page Number: 50
    Resource Type: Research Products
    Discipline: Education and learning science | Health and medicine
    Audience: Middle School Children (11-13) | Educators/Teachers | Museum/ISE Professionals
    Environment Type: Informal/Formal Connections | K-12 Programs
    Access and Inclusion: Low Socioeconomic Status | Urban

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