Building Bridges Between Communities and Schools con Platicas (Poster 11)

• In Event: Invited Division G Vice Presidential Poster Session

Abstract

Establishing bridges between schools and communities has been a longstanding goal for school districts across the country (Buillion & Gomez, 2001).Through the lens of Community Cultural Wealth, our study aims to explore extant barriers in informal learning events which continually place Latine families at a disadvantage. Their usage of their cultural capital is an act of resistance against an assimilatory schooling system (Valenzuela, 2005). This study will act as a guideline to make these invisible barriers “visible” to further guide development of more inclusive family STEM events.

Author

• Gerardo Sanchez Gutierrez, University of Texas at Austin