Funds of Identity - Connecting Meaningful Learning Experiences in and out of School

This book suggests a strategy to put students' practices, cultures, and identities in the center of a twenty-first-century education.

List of contents

Introduction: my own funds of identity; 1. Learning in a mobile-centric society; 2. From funds of knowledge to funds of identity; 3. How to detect funds of identity; 4. How to use students' funds of identity pedagogically; Final remarks: identities at the heart of education.

About the author

Moisès Esteban-Guitart is Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Girona. He is the editor of the journal Papeles de Trabajo sobre Cultura, Educación y Desarrollo Humano (Working Papers on Culture, Education and Human Development). His research activity spans the fields of cultural psychology and educational research, and he has published widely on issues of identity, cultural diversity, and education.

Summary

Drawing on research conducted mostly in Catalonia (Spain), Moisès Esteban-Guitart outlines a distinct vision of education enhanced by students' identities, which leads to a discussion of the sociocultural factors that shape the processes of learning. He brings these ideas to life by examining traits of a mobile-centric society, the present-day ecology of learning, and his three metaphors of learning (connecting knowledge, connecting minds, and connecting communities). He then suggests a number of basic principles regarding learning for the twenty-first century based on prior literature in the learning sciences. He presents the terms 'funds of identity' and 'meaningful learning experiences', and reviews the funds of knowledge approach and the Vygotskian basis for understanding identity. In the second part of the book, he illustrates a number of strategies for detecting students' funds of identity and their meaningful learning experiences, and describes some practical experiences based on the theoretical framework he adopted.

Foreword

This book suggests a strategy to put students' practices, cultures, and identities in the center of a twenty-first-century education.

Product details

• Authors: Moisès Esteban-Guitart
• Publisher: Cambridge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 31.05.2025
• EAN: 9781316601129
• ISBN: 978-1-316-60112-9
• Series: Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive and Computational Perspectives
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Personality, PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, EDUCATION / Educational Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, EDUCATION / Learning Styles, Educational psychology, The self, ego, identity, personality, Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality, Child & developmental psychology, Social, group or collective psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology