HW 3.3: Reading about Poverty PhDs
Shifting My Thinking about Student Potential

| Learning Outcome | Pedagogical Intent | Student Position | 
|---|---|---|
| Communicate a personal acceptance of and acknowledge the dynamics of culture in the lives of all students. Assessment: 50 pts. Due: Session 4 | Teachers can apply what they learn about poverty from this article to working with their students who live in poverty so those students can achieve in their education. | Students have learned about deficit orientations to cultural difference. They are now prepared to read stories of culturally diverse college professors and their experiences moving around in educational systems. | 
Instructions
- Read the article “Poverty PhDs: Funds of Knowledge, Poverty, and Professional Identity in Academia.” Click and download on Poverty PHD to read it.
- Identify three insights or wonders that occurred to you as a result of reading this assignment. Remember what you learned from Pam Perlich's lecture, the Myths and Realities readings and other things you have learned so far in this course.