Possibilities-within-constraints: implementing the funds of knowledge concept in the People’s Republic of China
This article is designed as the starting point for future research into the implementation of the funds of knowledge concept in the People’s Republic of China. Utilizing an exploratory research design, I sketch how the funds of knowledge concept could be used by teachers to empower ethnic minority a...
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| description | This article is designed as the starting point for future research into the implementation of the funds of knowledge concept in the People’s Republic of China. Utilizing an exploratory research design, I sketch how the funds of knowledge concept could be used by teachers to empower ethnic minority and city-born migrant children disadvantaged by government policies that restrict access to educational resources and marginalize local languages. The article identifies a number of logistical and cultural constraints that complicate the implementation of the funds of knowledge concept in the Chinese context, including access to minority and city-born migrant students, guanxi, examination pressure, and cultural scripts for teaching that emphasize knowledge transmission. However, it also suggests how teachers can work within these constraints by taking advantage of curriculum reform in China, which has led to more autonomy at the local level and the creation of elective courses. Elective courses could provide the space for the deployment of strategies that draw on students’ funds of knowledge. The strategies proposed include neighborhood walks, artifact collection, and pedagogies for teaching that foster collaboration between teachers and students. The article also extends the notion of funds of knowledge by suggesting how the funds of knowledge concept could be of benefit to China’s Han ethnic majority. |
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| spelling | nottingham-474612020-05-08T11:30:31Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/47461/ Possibilities-within-constraints: implementing the funds of knowledge concept in the People’s Republic of China Poole, Adam This article is designed as the starting point for future research into the implementation of the funds of knowledge concept in the People’s Republic of China. Utilizing an exploratory research design, I sketch how the funds of knowledge concept could be used by teachers to empower ethnic minority and city-born migrant children disadvantaged by government policies that restrict access to educational resources and marginalize local languages. The article identifies a number of logistical and cultural constraints that complicate the implementation of the funds of knowledge concept in the Chinese context, including access to minority and city-born migrant students, guanxi, examination pressure, and cultural scripts for teaching that emphasize knowledge transmission. However, it also suggests how teachers can work within these constraints by taking advantage of curriculum reform in China, which has led to more autonomy at the local level and the creation of elective courses. Elective courses could provide the space for the deployment of strategies that draw on students’ funds of knowledge. The strategies proposed include neighborhood walks, artifact collection, and pedagogies for teaching that foster collaboration between teachers and students. The article also extends the notion of funds of knowledge by suggesting how the funds of knowledge concept could be of benefit to China’s Han ethnic majority. Brill Academic Publishers 2016-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/47461/1/Possibilities%20within%20Constraints%20.pdf Poole, Adam (2016) Possibilities-within-constraints: implementing the funds of knowledge concept in the People’s Republic of China. Frontiers of Education in China, 11 (2). pp. 187-216. ISSN 1673-3533 ethnic minorities; funds of knowledge; migrant children; China http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.3868/s110-005-016-0015-2 doi:10.3868/s110-005-016-0015-2 doi:10.3868/s110-005-016-0015-2 |
| spellingShingle | ethnic minorities; funds of knowledge; migrant children; China Poole, Adam Possibilities-within-constraints: implementing the funds of knowledge concept in the People’s Republic of China |
| title | Possibilities-within-constraints: implementing the funds of knowledge concept in the People’s Republic of China |
| title_full | Possibilities-within-constraints: implementing the funds of knowledge concept in the People’s Republic of China |
| title_fullStr | Possibilities-within-constraints: implementing the funds of knowledge concept in the People’s Republic of China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Possibilities-within-constraints: implementing the funds of knowledge concept in the People’s Republic of China |
| title_short | Possibilities-within-constraints: implementing the funds of knowledge concept in the People’s Republic of China |
| title_sort | possibilities-within-constraints: implementing the funds of knowledge concept in the people’s republic of china |
| topic | ethnic minorities; funds of knowledge; migrant children; China |
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