ERIC Number: EJ1118255
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 6
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-4056
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Rediscovering and Reconnecting Funds of Knowledge of Immigrant Children, Families, and Teachers
McDevitt, Seung Eun
Childhood Education, v92 n6 p470-475 2016
In the United States, one in four children under the age of 6 attending preschool has at least one immigrant parent and speaks a language other than English. Despite this increasing population of immigrant children in U.S. preschool settings, their stories have rarely been heard. The author shares three stories of her students and their families that focus on their lived experiences and funds of knowledge, and reconnects those stories with her own funds of knowledge as an immigrant student and teacher. Teachers in many communities around the world are educating immigrant children in their classroom. By focusing on the strengths and knowledge that all children bring to the classroom from their home and community experiences, teachers will be enriching the classroom and achieving higher quality education for every student.
Descriptors: Migrant Children, Immigrants, Phenomenology, Preschool Children, Preschool Teachers, Autobiographies, Indigenous Knowledge, Student Development, Educational Experience
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Preschool Education; Early Childhood Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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