community study writing

CAINE’S ARCADE 2

Caine’s Arcade

1. What are Caine's funds of knowledge?

Culture builds creativity. Funds of knowledge refer to fundamental cultural practices and bodies of knowledge which are rooted in the day to day activities and routines of families (Hogg, 2011). Caine loves arcades and would not pass one without shopping. He loves tickets, playing games, and prizes. He spent his summer vacation building the cardboard arcade, perfecting his game design, making toy cars, and designing security systems for his Fun Pass. His funds of knowledge were influenced by his surrounding as his father had an auto spare shop which rovided necessary resources for Caine to build his arcade.  

2. If Caine were your student, in what ways would you be able to capitalize on Cain's Fok?

Capitalizing on a student’s fok enhances learning and the learner’s engagement to make a student perform excellently in his academics. To capitalize on Caine’s funds of knowledge, I would carry out a visit to his home to learn about the day to day activities that influence his thinking. Also, I would interact with his community to learn about their culture and use the knowledge to assist Caine to perform better in class. In class, I will create a creativity session whereby Caine and other students can freely express their funds of knowledge. I will give Caine the necessary resources needed to make his fok successful and use illustrations that he best understands to enhance his learning.

3. How would you incorporate Cain's fok into your teaching?

To incorporate Caine’s fok into teaching, I would research about his community so as to understand his funds of knowledge. This way, I will gather necessary information to assist him exploit his capabilities. I will then draft a course outline that will create an opportunity for Caine to fully use his funds of knowledge. I would provide him with the necessary resources and assist him where necessary.

4. How would you identify the utilize one of your student's funds of knowledge?

A student’s line of thought is shaped by the environment that surrounds him. I would identify the use of a student’s funds of knowledge in his creativity, for example in creative writing or artwork. This is because in creative writing, the student will write something that he has experienced or has been made to believe. In art, the student will come up with artworks that depict his funds of knowledge.

References

Hogg, L. (2011). Funds of knowledge: An investigation of coherence within the literature. Teaching and Teacher Education, 27(3), 666-677.

Van Niel, J. J. (2010). Eliciting and activating funds of knowledge in an environmental science community college classroom: An action research study (Doctoral dissertation, University of Rochester).

Sexuality & Gender Contents

Youtube:

1. Parents allow transgender child to choose gender

2. Toronto Couple raising ‘gender-free’ child

3. Gender Roles-Interviews with kids

GLSEN website curiculums

GLSEN National school climate survey infographic

Bullying Bias Diversity

The world is diverse with people of different races, religion, nationalities, and sexuality. Governments and activists all over the world fight against gender, racial, religious, and sexuality discrimination among others, in pursuit of equality. Educators need to manage diversity in schools so as to improve the learning environment, build leadership, and promote ally behavior.

Lesson: Beauty is Skin Deep

Name-calling is a common practice in education institutions and students may refer to each other based on physical appearance especially skin color, for example, calling an African ‘Blacky.' Name-calling can develop into physical abuse and other discrimination, and is harmful to the victim and can even lead to suicide due to the feeling of not being good enough as the others. To integrate this idea into my classroom, I will first gather the necessary materials such as media images that will be used to identify an attractive person and one who is not. I will then formulate a question that will provoke the students to say the common names they use to refer to others who are physically different from them, and how they arrived at such names. Next, I will make the students understand that everyone is attractive despite their physical appearance and the importance of appreciating diversities among them. I will then give them an essay to write about the attractiveness of a person who is physically different.

I was drawn to this particular lesson because I am an international student of Asian origin. I have had difficulties socializing with other students who have misconceptions about my culture. I believe that beauty is skin deep and not accommodating others who differ in appearance prevents us from learning and delighting in the inner beauty of that person.

 

CA Dept. of Ed. Dataquest

http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/

Multicultural education

Clip of “previous Knowledge”

--- Arizona USD, Tucson high school, ethnic studies program.