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Funds of Knowledge for Teaching: Countering Deficit Perspectives on Students, Families and Communities

Open seminar (AU-VIA) in Aarhus. Thinking across home and school.

Info about event

Time

Wednesday 18 March 2015,  at 13:00 - 15:00

Location

Trøjborg complex – building 2110, locale 124, Niels Juels Gade 84, 8200 Aarhus N


Programme:

13:00-13:10 Introduction – Barbara Day and Sally Anderson

13:10-13:55 Cathy Amanti, PhD, Georgia State University

                  

Funds of Knowledge: Theorizing Practices in Households, Communities, and Classrooms , co-edited with González, Moll, Amanti (2005).

Cathy Amanti is a certified primary school teacher and school principal. She has an MA and PhD in educational anthropology. Her areas of interest are: educational anthropology, globalization and school policy, bilingual education, world Englishes.

13:55-14:05 Short break

14:05-15:00 Open discussion