Author: Jeannie Heiden
Seminar: Culturally Responsive Schooling with/in Indigenous Communities Professional Development Program
Program: CRS
Subject Area: English Language Arts
Grade Level: 4th
Year of Publication: 2022
Seminar: Culturally Responsive Schooling with/in Indigenous Communities Professional Development Program
Program: CRS
Subject Area: English Language Arts
Grade Level: 4th
Year of Publication: 2022
Abstract
My goal for this unit has three prongs. First, I want my students to feel comfortable enough to share who they are and where they come from, and to feel pride in what they can share with me and their classmates. In Funds of Knowledge for Teaching: Using a Qualitative Approach to Connect Homes and Classrooms, Gonzalez discovered that many educators have not discovered and/or given credence to the wealth of knowledge and experience that our students’ home life provides to them. I want to be sure that I am honoring all of their experiences; I want to see them as unique human beings that have something to share; and I want them to think about their identity as that unique human being.