Language and Cultural Practices in Communities and Schools: Bridging Learning for Students from Non-Dominant Groups

Language and Cultural Practices in Communities and Schools: Bridging Learning for Students from Non-Dominant Groups
ISBN-10
0429943768
ISBN-13
9780429943768
Category
Education
Pages
266
Language
English
Published
2019-09-09
Publisher
Routledge
Authors
Marjorie Faulstich Orellana, Inmaculada M. García-Sánchez

Description

Drawing on sociocultural theories of learning, this book examines how the everyday language practices and cultural funds of knowledge of youth from non-dominant or minoritized groups can be used as centerpoints for classroom learning in ways that help all students both to sustain and expand their cultural and linguistic repertoires while developing skills that are valued in formal schooling. Bringing together a group of ethnographically grounded scholars working in diverse local contexts, this volume identifies how these language practices and cultural funds of knowledge can be used as generative points of continuity and productively expanded on in schools for successful and inclusive learning. Ideal for students and researchers in teaching, learning, language education, literacy, and multicultural education, as well as teachers at all stages of their career, this book contributes to research on culturally and linguistically sustaining practices by offering original teaching methods and a range of ways of connecting cultural competencies to learning across subject matters and disciplines.

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