Exploring Community Cultural Wealth in Two Schools and Its Contribution to Literacy Instruction

• In Event: Community Literacies and Civic Imagination: Learning With/From Children and Families

Abstract

In this article, researchers explore the various forms of community cultural wealth operating in two diverse schools within a single school district. Through interviews and observations, the research team identified literacy practices, knowledge, and insights that can inform culturally responsive learning experiences for children. Through interviews with administrators, teachers, parents, and community members, the researchers not only learned about each school community, but also identified literacy practices that promise to support literacy learning for children

Authors

• Blessing Chidiebere Emodi, University of South Carolina

• Salondra Griggs, University of South Carolina

• Catherine Compton-Lilly, University of South Carolina

• Fenice B. Boyd, University of South Carolina