Exploring elementary school students' funds of knowledge and personal feelings about cooking and baking

This study draws upon the theory of funds of knowledge in exploring the potential value of cooking and baking as a meaningful context for an elementary school science unit. This qualitative research study was conducted by interviewing 23 elementary school students between the age of 5 through 11 using a semi-structured clinical interview. The interview questions were designed to prompt students to think about their personal cooking experiences with their families and their personal feelings about cooking and baking. Findings from a thematic analysis of the interviews revealed that participants in the study described rich cooking and baking experiences. These experiences included themes of “relationship,” “heritage,'' “cooking tasks,” and “eating habits.” In addition, eighteen students expressed positive or neutral feelings about cooking and baking. Therefore, cooking and baking seems to be a good candidate for a context for a science unit designed to draw on students’ funds of knowledge.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.S.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Curriculum and Instruction

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2022

Author dc:creator

• Butler, Viphawee Unwanadham

Contributors dc:contributor

• Krist, Christina
• Hug, Barbara
• Tissenbaum, Catherine Dornfeld

• Funds of knowledge

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2022 Viphawee Butler

Language dc:language

en, eng

Handle dc:identifier

https://hdl.handle.net/2142/115422

OAI record oai:identifier

https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/oai-pmh?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=etdms&identifier=oai%3Awww.ideals.illinois.edu%3A2142%2F115422