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Utilising parents' funds of knowledge to enhance literacy amongst foundation phase learners
Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2019.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/76846 Utilising parents' funds of knowledge to enhance literacy amongst foundation phase learners Calitz, Talita tanyaleegreenhalgh@gmail.com Herman, Chaya Greenhalgh, Tanya Lee UCTD Funds of knowledge collaboration, literacy socio-economic status Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-10 Education theses SDG-17 Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2019. This dissertation builds on and contributes to work in the field of parent-school collaboration and the funds of knowledge approach. In South Africa, policies have been developed to promote collaboration between schools and parents. These policies, however, do not fully recognise or aim to use parents’ funds of knowledge in this collaboration. In addition, numerous studies have examined the challenges associated with collaboration amongst working-class households, however, little attention has been given to the lower middle-class in South Africa in particular. This study therefore explores the funds of knowledge of lower-middle class parents, and ways in which schools and parents manage these ‘funds’ to enhance the literacy development of foundation phase learners. The dissertation draws strongly on the work of Moll, Amanti, Neff and Gonzalez (1992) whose funds of knowledge approach holds a transformative perspective on people with a lower socio-economic background. The data for this qualitative study was collected through 30 semi-structured interviews. I argue that parents accumulate various knowledge, skills and abilities through their life experiences that could significantly enhance the literacy development of their children. The findings suggest that, while parents possess these skills, there is a lack of transmission of the skills and knowledge amongst their children. Factors that influence the collaborative use of these funds of knowledge are discussed and explored in this study. I conclude with a discussion on the dynamics of a South African classroom and existing policies on collaboration and how this affects the collaborative use of parents’ funds of knowledge to enhance the literacy of foundation phase learners. bs2026 Education Management and Policy Studies MEd Unrestricted SDG-04: Quality education SDG-10: Reduced inequalities SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals 2020-11-04T15:10:04Z 2020-11-04T15:10:04Z 20/04/20 2020 Dissertation Greenhalgh, TL 2020, Utilising parents' funds of knowledge to enhance literacy amongst foundation phase learners, MEd Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/76846> A2020 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/76846 en © 2020 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Funds of knowledge collaboration, literacy socio-economic status Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-10 Education theses SDG-17 Utilising parents' funds of knowledge to enhance literacy amongst foundation phase learners |
| title | Utilising parents' funds of knowledge to enhance literacy amongst foundation phase learners |
| title_full | Utilising parents' funds of knowledge to enhance literacy amongst foundation phase learners |
| title_fullStr | Utilising parents' funds of knowledge to enhance literacy amongst foundation phase learners |
| title_full_unstemmed | Utilising parents' funds of knowledge to enhance literacy amongst foundation phase learners |
| title_short | Utilising parents' funds of knowledge to enhance literacy amongst foundation phase learners |
| title_sort | utilising parents funds of knowledge to enhance literacy amongst foundation phase learners |
| topic | UCTD Funds of knowledge collaboration, literacy socio-economic status Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-10 Education theses SDG-17 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/76846 |