After-School Teacher Research Labs¶

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Description¶

Study groups in which teacher-researchers and university-based researchers "discuss research findings, and to plan, develop, and support innovations in instruction". In the Tucson project they met every two weeks to analyze ethnographic field methods, share household observations, and mentor each other; classroom applications emerged from these sessions as ways to weave family knowledge into academic content.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

Regular meetings; the Tucson labs met every two weeks.
Field notes written after each household interview, brought for discussion in the labs.
A safe, non-judgmental environment for thinking aloud about classroom practice and household functions.

Constraints¶

Significant time and energy outside the classroom are required.

Target Learners¶

Teachers conducting household ethnography with language minority students' families

Target Learning Goals¶

Connect household fieldwork with classroom practice
Refine methodology, interpretation, and practice through mutual mentoring

Affordances¶

Funds Of Knowledge

Claims¶

Teacher-researchers in funds of knowledge work face difficulties, including helpless pessimism and heavy time demands; reflective after-school labs helped dispel the pessimism, and teachers judged the process worthwhile despite the strain. [+W]

Funds Of Knowledge Teacher Research Model

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

Funds of Knowledge: Learning from Language Minority Households. ERIC Digest. (1994). https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED367146

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