Funds Of Knowledge By Janet Kier Lopez Analysis

With a title like this many of us might be asking a question or two. Whose Janet Kier Lopez? What’s her article “Funds of Knowledge” exactly about? Janet Kier Lopez is a doctoral candidate from the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Education and is the director to a mentoring and preparatory program for Latino high school students called the Scholars, Latino Initiative. Her purpose for the article “Funds of Knowledge” was to show people how much students would benefit if teachers were to introduce their students home language, cultural fundamentals, and funds of knowledge into the classroom. And argue against those who oppose her proposition by using supportive evidence and to tell you the truth I couldn’t have agree with her argument anymore. Lopez’s article “Funds of Knowledge” displays a strong presentation of key points and argumentative topics. This paper provides a very helpful presentation that’s well written, simple to understand, and provides a well-designed layout …show more content…
She had a well written thesis statement, I actually quoted it in the middle of my introduction and she had amazing structure. Lopez presented all of her information with depth and clarity throughout the entire article in my opinion. But one of the most important things she did in my eyes was that she explained to us what funds of knowledge meant. Lopez’s definition for funds of knowledge is “to refer to the historically accumulated and culturally developed bodies of knowledge and skills essential for household or individual functioning and well-being” (Lopez 1). If it wasn’t for Lopez giving us a true definition of what the word meant it probably wouldn’t have reached the points it was trying to make. I just felt like she presented everything thoroughly and presented it in a way anyone could understand even if there wasn’t any familiarity to her topic or some of the definitions she