Question

Curriculum that builds on students' cultural understanding or allows them to use their funds of knowledge in the classroom has proven to be more effective because
1. Teacher education gives special training for handling such curriculum
2. Students can relate it to their own lives
3. Assessment of curricular activities will be realistic
4. It paves chances for implementation of ICT in classroom

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Students can relate it to their own lives

Funds of knowledge and its application in the classroom:

• Building connections with your students and their families aren’t always at the top of teaching to-do list, but it must be. Children with strong home-to-school connections thrive at school, and as preschool teachers, can lay the foundation for a positive school experience for our students by making this a priority. Using the Funds of Knowledge framework is a great place to start this process.
• Funds of Knowledge are collections of knowledge-based in cultural practices that are a part of families’ inner culture, work experience, or their daily routine. It is the knowledge and expertise that students and their family members have because of their roles in their families, communities, and culture.
• Gaining a better understanding of a student's funds of knowledge can enhance classroom practices for both teachers and students. Using a funds of knowledge approach to understanding students’ overall sets of abilities and experiences can help teachers draw on these skills in classrooms to enrich their understanding of academic content while also motivating them during classroom activities. Developing curricular content around the personal contexts, skills, and experiences of students helps scaffold their understanding of academic material.
• The fundamental premise here is that most school-based practices, curricula, and behaviors are based on mainstream, middle class norms and perspectives. By integrating patterns of learning, knowing, and doing that are familiar to culturally and economically diverse students, academic content becomes easier to connect to their lives and is understood on a deeper level.
• The best result from the fund of knowledge application is that the students can relate it to their own lives and thus help understanding the concept very clearly.

Hence, the correct answer is Option 2.