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Know the Community; Know the Student
The term “funds of knowledge” refers to a community’s “historically accumulated and culturally developed bodies of knowledge” (Moll, Amanti, Neff, & Gonzalez, 2001). Regardless of the location, a school’s community has many funds of knowledge. Funds of knowledge … Continue reading
Using Old Stuff (2): Searching for information
This old phone (found in Nelson Ghost Town, Nevada) provides an opportunity for teachers and students to experience how examining old things (with some guiding questions) provides an opportunity to experience how thinking, analyzing, synthesizing, and sharing information leads to … Continue reading
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Tagged antique phones, feedback, fun phones, how do you know questions, learning, oral language development, questioning, research, thinking, using antiques to learn about the past, wondering, writing research questions
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