Funds of identity : connecting meaningful learning experiences in and out of school / Moisès Esteban-Guitart.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Esteban-Guitart, Moisès, author.

Series:

Learning in doing.

Learning in doing : social, cognitive and computational perspectives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Learning, Psychology of.

Learning--Social aspects.

Learning.

Holistic education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 132 pages.) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

New York : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

Summary:

Drawing on research conducted mostly in Catalonia (Spain), Moisès Esteban-Guitart outlines a distinct vision of education enhanced by students' identities, which leads to a discussion of the sociocultural factors that shape the processes of learning. He brings these ideas to life by examining traits of a mobile-centric society, the present-day ecology of learning, and his three metaphors of learning (connecting knowledge, connecting minds, and connecting communities). He then suggests a number of basic principles regarding learning for the twenty-first century based on prior literature in the learning sciences. He presents the terms 'funds of identity' and 'meaningful learning experiences', and reviews the funds of knowledge approach and the Vygotskian basis for understanding identity. In the second part of the book, he illustrates a number of strategies for detecting students' funds of identity and their meaningful learning experiences, and describes some practical experiences based on the theoretical framework he adopted.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Introduction: my own funds of identity; 1. Learning in a mobile-centric society; 2. From funds of knowledge to funds of identity; 3. How to detect funds of identity; 4. How to use students' funds of identity pedagogically; Final remarks: identities at the heart of education.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Aug 2016).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-316-82392-X

1-316-82536-1

1-316-82560-4

1-316-82584-1

1-316-82608-2

1-316-82680-5

1-316-54488-5