This self-paced course explores a funds of knowledge approach

and what it means for educators’ work with children and families, particularly those in high-poverty and culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

By completing this course, you will be able to:

  • Understand what it means to adopt a funds of knowledge approach to working with children and families, including identifying the funds of knowledge in your own family.
  • Articulate the difference between a child's interests and their funds of knowledge.
  • Identify and utilise strategies to encourage families to share their funds of knowledge and gain insights into families' everyday and significant cultural practices.
  • Appreciate how genuine engagement with children and families' funds of knowledge can be incorporated into learning experiences that support children's learning, development, and wellbeing.
  • Critically reflect on your own and your service's current and potential approaches to using funds of knowledge to support wellbeing, learning, and development outcomes for children.
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Course curriculum

    1. 1.1 Welcome

    2. 1.2 About the research project

    3. 1.3 About this course

    4. 1.4 What will you learn?

    5. 1.5 About your presenters

    6. 1.6 About Community Early Learning Australia (CELA)

    1. 2.1 Welcome and introduction

    2. 2.2 Funds of knowledge and the EYLF

    3. 2.3 Funds of knowledge and the EYLF continued

    4. 2.4 Activity

    5. 2.5 How is a funds of knowledge approach different to an interest-based approach? 

    6. 2.6 Everyday experiences, practices and routines

    7. 2.7 Investigating your own funds of knowledge

    8. 2.8 Assess your knowledge

    9. 2.9 Exploring a funds of knowledge approach further

    1. 3.1 Principles

    2. 3.2 Check your knowledge

    3. 3.3 Quiz

    1. 4.1 Connecting homes and early childhood settings 

    2. 4.2 Activity: Connecting homes and early childhood settings 

    3. 4.3 Strategies to learn about families’ funds of knowledge

    4. 4.4 Reflection on Lisa’s story

    5. 4.5 An example of incorporating children’s funds of knowledge into the curriculum  

    6. 4.6 Incorporating children’s funds of knowledge into the curriculum  

    1. 5.1 Reflection

    2. 5.2 Barriers and enablers to putting a funds of knowledge approach into practice

    3. 5.3 Video and reflection

    4. 5.4 Check your knowledge

    1. 6.1 Reflection

    2. 6.2 Reflections and future actions 

    3. 6.3 Going further

About this course

  • 34 lessons
  • 0.5 hours of video content