TY - JOUR
T1 - Teaching Through Testimonio
T2 - Accessing Community Cultural Wealth in School
AU - DeNicolo, Christina Passos
AU - González, Mónica
AU - Morales, Socorro
AU - Romaní, Laura
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2015/10/2
Y1 - 2015/10/2
N2 - Using the concept of community cultural wealth, this article examines the ways that a group of 3rd-grade students engaged in writing testimonios, or personal narratives, to reflect on their cultural and linguistic lives in and outside of the classroom. Countering deficit notions of Latina/o students, families, and communities, this study illuminates the powerful ways that students utilize various forms of community cultural wealth. The findings indicate that testimonio can be an effective pedagogical tool to help students identify their individual and collective community cultural wealth and draw on these forms of knowledge in the elementary classroom.
AB - Using the concept of community cultural wealth, this article examines the ways that a group of 3rd-grade students engaged in writing testimonios, or personal narratives, to reflect on their cultural and linguistic lives in and outside of the classroom. Countering deficit notions of Latina/o students, families, and communities, this study illuminates the powerful ways that students utilize various forms of community cultural wealth. The findings indicate that testimonio can be an effective pedagogical tool to help students identify their individual and collective community cultural wealth and draw on these forms of knowledge in the elementary classroom.
KW - bilingual education
KW - community cultural wealth
KW - critical race theory
KW - elementary
KW - English learners
KW - Latino critical race theory
KW - pedagogy
KW - testimonio
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U2 - 10.1080/15348431.2014.1000541
DO - 10.1080/15348431.2014.1000541
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84944153482
SN - 1534-8431
VL - 14
SP - 228
EP - 243
JO - Journal of Latinos and Education
JF - Journal of Latinos and Education
IS - 4
ER -