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fer

Male | 43 years old | Spain | Last updated 11/24/2007 5:24 pm
In 1992 after receiving my degree on Education at the University of Barcelona, I began to work in the Moroccan immigrant areas of Barcelona. In 1996, I arrived in California and began to work as a teacher in South Los Angeles. From 2002 to 2007, I created literacy circles to empower first generation Latino students and families who live in the Los Angeles inner city. The fruit of this labor was being recognized with The Peter Lincoln Spencer Award, The Helen R. Powell Dissertation Award, and The Aubrey A. Douglass and Malcolm P. Douglass Fellowship Award. My research is focused on literacy programs that utilized the funds of knowledge of communities as a force that generates equity as well as facilitates their members to access mainstream culture.
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Interjecting Peace Through Meaningful Homework: Strategies to Access Rich Funds of Knowledge

We live in a society that is increasingly becoming more violent and racist. Around the world the news show us how minority groups rebel against mainstream politicians who are incompetent in building solid educational platforms. From the French quarters to the inner cities around he United States, xenophobic storms deluge and drown the chance for a positive outlook on cultural diversity and acceptance.

It is our responsibility as transforming educators to address these themes not only in our daily cognitive exchanges with our students, but also through meaningful homework, which can help us to build a strong bridge between the academic knowledge initiated within the schools and the funds of knowledge developed at home.   Read more...

posted by fer on 11/24/2007 5:20 pm | COMMENTS (0)


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