This reminds me of the prior knowledge I have with other educators quite frequently. My position is that ALL kids have some prior knowledge about common topics ( family, friendship, etc.) but the knowledge they have may be very diverse, and it may not match our expectations. No matter what, we can't possibly provide all students with the same prior knowledge before we begin discussing a topic.
Cathy DE K-5 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 8:32 pm Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] Payne/Bomer at MRA I don't have a whole lot in my notes, but here is what I remember. He talked about working in one of the schools in Texas where all of the children were Spanish speaking and the SES was very low. There was a boy, I don't remember what he called him so I'll just call him Joe. Joe was a kid that seemed to be destined for failure and didn't have much interest in school or reading. But in talking to him they found that he was building a motorcycle from scratch in his garage and read motorcycle manuals and visited lots of websites to read instructions on how to build motorcycles (of course I remember this part being a biker chick myself : ) Randy said, "How are we getting school literacy to match with the literacy children are using outside of school? ...deficit thinking leads to damaging education...it assumes something is missing." Hope this helps. Nancy **************It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money & Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf00030000000001) _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
