M Esteban-Guitart
Biographic Data
| ID | 18985 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Esteban-Guitart |
| GIVEN NAMES | M |
| FAMILY NAME | Esteban-Guitart |
| SIGNATURE | ESTEBAN-GUITART M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat de Girona |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1700-8792 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 42 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 66 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 42 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The benefits and challenges of selected learning strategies for learning outside the classroom (LOtC). A literature review
This review of research publications in the period 2019–2024 examines the learning strategies employed, the impact (benefits), and the challenges (difficulties) associated with the development and implementation of Learning Outside the Classroom (LOtC) in different contexts. A total of 65 peer-reviewed studies were identified through the ERIC database for inclusion in the review following PRISMA procedure. A range of strategies and challenges wer…
How to Study Family Learning Practices Mediated by Digital Platforms: A Scoping Review
The dynamic and personalized nature of today's media ecosystem complicates the documentation and analysis of digital home learning environments. In response, innovative research methods have emerged, which we broadly categorize as passive (e.g., quantitative studies) or active participatory methods. This article focuses on active approaches, specifically internally oriented (e.g., artifacts created by participants) and externally oriented (e.g., …
Socio-educational ecologies for learning, social change, and future thinking: Expanding educational psychology's boundaries
Rapid societal and technological developments have transformed how people live and learn in and across different contexts, challenging the ways in which educational psychology has traditionally conceptualized and studied learning and development. These transformations are today exacerbated by the ongoing planetary crises of sustainability, structural inequalities, and threats to democracy, further challenging educational psychology's relevance fo…
A Conceptual Analysis of the Funds of Knowledge and Identity Approach from an Eco-functional Perspective
The article situates the Funds of Knowledge (FoK) approach and the Funds of Identity (FoI) theory in the context of the eco-functional perspective. It proposes to understand the “funds” as external factors of extra-cerebral organizations, as both refer to products of historically accumulated social labor. Furthermore, the article lays out that similar to the dynamic features of external factors in developing functional psychic organizations, fund…
Building a socio-educational ecosystem from the community funds of knowledge and identity approach. An illustrative example in Catalonia, Spain
This paper aims to illustrate the creation, implementation and impact of an educational project for a socio-educational ecosystem design from the "community funds of knowledge and identity" approach. By socio-educational ecosystem, we mean formal, non-formal and informal agents who co-design, implement and evaluate an educational project by the work carried out by a "study group", a collaborative social setting between teachers, researches and so…
Scuola Diffusa” y educación ampliada como práctica socio-educativa para la inclusión: Un estudio cualitativo
In Reggio Emilia, thanks to the “Officina Educativa”, the educational department of the Reggio Emilia municipal government, "Scuola Diffusa", a specific model of Widespread Education, emerged as a response to the constraints resulting from the lockdown due to a health emergency situation. It shaped the educational ecosystem of the town, offering extensive educational opportunities for inclusion. It is based on deep alliances between different soc…
Narrative construction of vocational identity in university students: The role of influential experiences and significant others in the framework of cultural psychology
This study sought to understand the process of construction of the vocational identity of university students. Assuming cultural psychology as a theoretical reference, a qualitative methodology was adopted, with a narrative perspective. In-depth interviews were conducted with 20 participants, male and female engineering, and psychology students from two universities in Colombia about their exploration process, choice, commitment, and reconsiderat…
Pedagogías para la inclusión educativa y la justicia social desde una perspectiva sociocultural
Maraknya kasus pinjaman online telah membawa dampak signifikan bagi individu yang mengakibatkan kondisi keuangan menjadi tidak teratur. Banyak individu yang terjebak dalam hutang akibat dari kurangnya pemahaman pengelolaan finansial. Tujuan dari penelitian ini yaitu sebagai salah satu upaya untuk mengatasi persoalan tersebut dengan memfasilitasi individu melalui satu perangkat lunak mudah digunakan serta mampu memberikan rekomendasi dan analisis …
Utopian methodology: Researching educational interventions to promote equity over multiple timescales
Background This article explores the methodological foundations for a utopian methodology as a form of Design-Based Intervention Research (DBR) that can guide the process of envisioning, implementing, sustaining, and critically evaluating the more radical forms of educational activity systems that prefigure the utopian goal of an equitable and humane education system.Methods We examine, guided by a utopian methodology lens, the examples from thre…
Considerations to engage a funds of identity approach as a vehicle toward epistemic justice in educational settings
Expanding Cycles of Collaboration and Critical Inquiry in Utopian Methodology. The 360 Education Alliance Case
The article proposes and illustrates a methodological framework that aligns with the action-research models and utopian methodology in particular, although it represents a more substantial leap forward, especially regarding the distributed nature of decision making in the different processes of research/intervention, and its multiple and systematic nature (linking theory, practice and politics). It is developed through four main phases: i) collec…
Invisible Funds of Identity in Urban Contexts
Diversity in cultures, languages and identities is a valuable resource in urban education. There is empirical evidence to support this assertion in the existing literature on funds of knowledge and funds of identity. However, the main focus of such research is on the tacit knowledge, skills, and resources that students—and their families—are explicitly aware of. The aim of this paper is to introduce the concept of invisible funds of identity with…
Community Funds of Knowledge and Identity: A Mesogenetic Approach to Education
This theoretical article explores the concept of community funds of knowledge and identity to complement the two related notions of funds of knowledge (focused on the knowledge and skills of families) and funds of identity (students' practices and lived experiences). Bycommunity funds of knowledge and identity, we mean the historically accumulated and culturally developed bodies of knowledge, skills, and personal/social identifications embedded i…
Fostering community socio-educational resilience in pandemic times: Its concept, characteristics and prospects
One area of research that has important implications for preventing school failure is concerned with “resilient students,” or those children and youth learners who succeed in school despite the presence of adverse circumstances. However, this concept supposes a reductionist vision of the phenomenon of educational resilience by considering the individual as an object of intervention, as well as assuming deficits and limitations to it: its socioeco…
‘The best way to learn language is by not doing language’. Incorporating funds of identity for learning Spanish in a Shared Education Unit
The aim of this paper is to describe the process of designing and implementing a teaching unit that links a curricular subject – in this case, Spanish language – with the identity of students as a strategy aimed at improving engagement and learning. The teaching unit was implemented in a Shared Education Unit in Catalonia (Spain) for at-risk students. The design of the teaching unit was based on the theoretical approaches of the funds of identity…
Special Issue: “Advancing Funds of Identity Theory”
This special issue on Funds of Identity, guest edited by Moises Esteban-Guitart, is comprised of six research papers and Esteban-Guitart’s response, with collective support from Julian Williams and
Advancing the funds of identity theory: A critical and unfinished dialogue
Since the notion of funds of identity was first proposed, a large number of related works have followed, most of which have been reviewed recently by Hogg and Volman (2020). This special issue is a step forward both in the conceptualization of the construct, and in its educational applications. Three developments in particular are considered. The first deals with the directive and prospective nature of funds of identity, linked to the higher psyc…
La participación de las familias en el contexto escolar: Un estudio cualitativo
Distintos estudios muestran los beneficios de unas buenas relaciones entre docentes y familias, particularmente en situaciones caracterizadas por una elevada diversidad social y cultural. En este sentido, según la aproximación de los fondos de conocimiento, es necesario conocer empíricamente, por parte de los docentes, los saberes, destrezas y fortalezas de las familias con el objetivo de establecer lazos de colaboración basados en el reconocimie…
Más allá del aprendizaje escolar: El rol de la subjetividad en el enfoque de los fondos de identidad
El aprendizaje ocurre cuando el aprendiz se convierte en sujeto de su propio aprendizaje en contextos tanto formales como informales. La teoría de la subjetividad de González Rey, que parte del enfoque histórico-cultural, afirma que dicho proceso está guiado por la emoción, la imaginación y la creatividad, que a su vez promueve el desarrollo subjetivo. Sin embargo, las actividades de aprendizaje tradicionales han ignorado al aprendiz como sujeto.…
Manifiesto en Tiempos de Pandemia: Por una Educación Crítica, Intergeneracional, Sostenible y Comunitaria
La actual emergencia derivada de la pandemia del coronavirus nos recuerda que compartimos un mismo desafío en tanto que seres humanos. Recientemente, se ha considerado la pandemia Covid-19 una experiencia colectiva y traumática (“world perezhivanie”), caracterizada por una crisis sistémica que impacta no solo en nuestra salud, sino también en nuestra economía, política, orden social y, por supuesto, en la educación. Esta situación nos impide post…
Funds of knowledge in 21st century societies: Inclusive educational practices for under-represented students. A literature review
Although the first educational applications of the funds of knowledge (FoK) concept were carried out in the late 1980s, there have been numerous developments and proposals since then, many of which have been made within the last few years. It continues to be, therefore, a valid, cutting-edge educational approach; one which seeks to overcome the lingering deficit perspective in education, by improving relationships between families and schools, an…
The Role of the Study Group in the Funds of Knowledge Approach
This article explores the role of the study group in the funds of knowledge approach as implemented in a public school located in Catalonia, Spain. In particular, we describe the funds of knowledge uncovered during home visits to the families of 5 students selected by the teachers and the process by which the teachers developed educational activities using some of these funds of knowledge. We argue that the study group can be seen as a community …
Designing for deep learning in the context of digital and social media
There is today a great deal of controversy over digital and social media. Even leaders in the tech industry are beginning to decry the time young people spend on smartphones and social networks. Recently, the World Health Organization proposed adding “gaming disorder” to its official list of diseases, defining it as a pattern of gaming behavior so severe that it takes “precedence over other life interests”. At the same time, many others have cele…
The biosocial foundation of the early Vygotsky: Educational psychology before the zone of proximal development
One of Lev Vygotsky's most widely known concepts in educational psychology is the zone of proximal development (ZPD), which he began to articulate in the last 2 years of his life and work (1933-1934). This article explores an earlier period in Vygotsky's career-well before he developed the concept of the ZPD-when he was actively involved in pedagogy and educational psychology. With reference to the research and teaching that Vygotsky carried out …
Participación Infantil en la Transformación de sus Espacios de Aprendizaje: Democratizando la Creación mediante un Proyecto de Fabricación Digital en un Fablab
This paper introduces a participatory project included in the classroom programming of two groups of primary education in a school situated in Madrid. The main interest is to situate and mark certain methodological particularities of this case study, a transdisciplinary action research project that has involved the educational community of the school, researchers and professionals of a cultural institution with international prestige, with the ai…
Towards a multimethodological approach to identification of funds of identity, small stories and master narratives
The narrative turn in social and human sciences has led us to consider identity as a narrative phenomenon. We can classify most of the approaches that have been developed by the emphasis they put on the “subject” in the analysis. For some, the subject is the first person singular , who puts into order and constructs an internalized life story so as to give purpose and coherence to different life experiences. For others, the emphasis is on the rel…
The incorporation of funds of knowledge and funds of identity of students and their families into educational practice. A case study from Catalonia, Spain
Invisible Funds of Identity in Urban Contexts
Diversity in cultures, languages and identities is a valuable resource in urban education. There is empirical evidence to support this assertion in the existing literature on funds of knowledge and funds of identity. However, the main focus of such research is on the tacit knowledge, skills, and resources that students—and their families—are explicitly aware of. The aim of this paper is to introduce the concept of invisible funds of identity with…
Designing for deep learning in the context of digital and social media
There is today a great deal of controversy over digital and social media. Even leaders in the tech industry are beginning to decry the time young people spend on smartphones and social networks. Recently, the World Health Organization proposed adding “gaming disorder” to its official list of diseases, defining it as a pattern of gaming behavior so severe that it takes “precedence over other life interests”. At the same time, many others have cele…
Perceived institutional support among young indigenous and mestizo students from Chiapas (México): A group vitality approach
Ethnolinguistic Vitality Theory (EVT) asserts that status, demographic and institutional support (IS) factors make up the vitality of ethnolinguistic groups within intergroup relations. Specifically, IS factor refers to the extent to which a language group enjoys representation in the various institutions of a society, in particular, mass media, education, government services, industry, religion, culture and politics. However, some scholars sugge…
La modificación de las creencias sobre las familias de origen inmigrante por parte de docentes después de participar en el proyecto educativo “fondos de conocimiento”
A menudo el contexto social de la educación de estudiantes de origen lingüístico y cultural diverso testifica la existencia de discontinuidades entre la escuela y las familias de estos alumnos. El proyecto Fondos de Conocimiento ha ofrecido un método que permite conceptualizar ambos mundos como relacionados, utilizando la etnografía para cuestionar asunciones más allá de los roles tradiciones y crear interacciones entre alumnos y docentes, docent…
The biosocial foundation of the early Vygotsky: Educational psychology before the zone of proximal development
One of Lev Vygotsky's most widely known concepts in educational psychology is the zone of proximal development (ZPD), which he began to articulate in the last 2 years of his life and work (1933-1934). This article explores an earlier period in Vygotsky's career-well before he developed the concept of the ZPD-when he was actively involved in pedagogy and educational psychology. With reference to the research and teaching that Vygotsky carried out …
Informationalism and informalization of learnings in 21st century. A qualitative study on meaningful learning experiences
Recent work on education, based on sociocultural principles, suggest an expansion of the traditional boundaries of learning research that takes into account the multiple spaces and life trajectories that make up experience across our life-worlds. This article focuses specifically on young people’s significant learning experiences in order to illustrate empirically what learning means - i.e. where, with whom and how - in the ‘new ecology of learni…
Manifiesto en Tiempos de Pandemia: Por una Educación Crítica, Intergeneracional, Sostenible y Comunitaria
La actual emergencia derivada de la pandemia del coronavirus nos recuerda que compartimos un mismo desafío en tanto que seres humanos. Recientemente, se ha considerado la pandemia Covid-19 una experiencia colectiva y traumática (“world perezhivanie”), caracterizada por una crisis sistémica que impacta no solo en nuestra salud, sino también en nuestra economía, política, orden social y, por supuesto, en la educación. Esta situación nos impide post…
Participación Infantil en la Transformación de sus Espacios de Aprendizaje: Democratizando la Creación mediante un Proyecto de Fabricación Digital en un Fablab
This paper introduces a participatory project included in the classroom programming of two groups of primary education in a school situated in Madrid. The main interest is to situate and mark certain methodological particularities of this case study, a transdisciplinary action research project that has involved the educational community of the school, researchers and professionals of a cultural institution with international prestige, with the ai…
La Dimensión Ética De La Práctica Profesional: Evaluación De Un Programa Formativo
El Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos establece el conocimiento y cumplimiento del código deontológico como requisito imprescindible para el ejercicio profesional de los psicólogos y psicólogas en sus distintos ámbitos de aplicación. El objetivo del trabajo que se presenta es comprobar los conocimientos de los estudiantes que están a punto de terminar la carrera de Psicología, en relación con distintas situaciones éticamente problemáticas en dos momen…
Can an intercultural education model combat discrimination and xenophobia
In this article we present a qualitative study conducted with six indigenous and six mestizos from Intercultural University of Chiapas. The aim of the study is to exemplify the mutual perception between different ethno-linguistic groups, as well as the possible change occurred after the admission to the University. That is, opinions about the other group after and before entering the University. We conclude that a higher education intercultural m…
A Macro Cultural Psychological Theory of Identity
The aim of this paper is to articulate a theory of human identity from a cultural psychological perspective. This article shall elucidate an explanation of identity as rooted in macro cultural factors such as social institutions, artifacts, and cultural concepts. This theory is called "macro cultural psychology." Understanding identity requires comprehending the history, society, and culture that affect specific ways we define ourselves. This art…
Towards a multimethodological approach to identification of funds of identity, small stories and master narratives
The narrative turn in social and human sciences has led us to consider identity as a narrative phenomenon. We can classify most of the approaches that have been developed by the emphasis they put on the “subject” in the analysis. For some, the subject is the first person singular , who puts into order and constructs an internalized life story so as to give purpose and coherence to different life experiences. For others, the emphasis is on the rel…
Vitalidad etnolingüística, medios de comunicación e identidad étnica. Un estudio con grupos indígenas de Chiapas (Mexico) [Ethnolinguistic vitality, mass media, and ethnic identity: [A study with indi…
This study is the first exploration of television use and program selection by indigenous groups in Chiapas (Mexico); more specifically, how members of these groups select specific media messages for reasons of ethnicity, and how this is related to social mobility strategies is examined. Data from 173 indigenous students of the Intercultural University of Chiapas indicated that watching television and selecting programs on the basis of their ethn…
El estudio de las identidades desde un enfoque cualitativo. La multi-metodología autobiográfica extendida y los talleres lúdico-reflexivos
This article reviews two qualitative methods (the multi-method autobiographical extended approach and the reflexive-ludic workshops) based on visual and participative research techniques such as the self-portrait, role playing, signi#cant circle or timeline. Examples of these techniques are drawn from their application in studies aims to explore identities. The article argues that applying these drawing and participative methods in the context of…
La modificación de las creencias sobre las familias de origen inmigrante por parte de docentes después de participar en el proyecto educativo “fondos de conocimiento”
A menudo el contexto social de la educación de estudiantes de origen lingüístico y cultural diverso testifica la existencia de discontinuidades entre la escuela y las familias de estos alumnos. El proyecto Fondos de Conocimiento ha ofrecido un método que permite conceptualizar ambos mundos como relacionados, utilizando la etnografía para cuestionar asunciones más allá de los roles tradiciones y crear interacciones entre alumnos y docentes, docent…
Funds of Identity
Lived experience, funds of identity and education
The aim of this paper is to contribute to the discussion on funds of identity. First, we emphasize the extent to which history and time are constitutive dimensions of culture and experience and the affect this has on funds of identity and meaning construction. We then go on to explore some connections between lived experience and funds of identity. We prefer to use the term lived experience – rather than emotional experience, the term used by Nog…
Funds of Identity: A new concept based on the Funds of Knowledge approach
The main purpose of this paper is to articulate a theory of human identity from a Vygotskian perspective. In doing so, we use the term “funds of identity” inspired by the “funds of knowledge” approach. We use the term funds of identity to refer to the historically accumulated, culturally developed, and socially distributed resources that are essential for a person’s self-definition, self-expression, and self-understanding. Funds of knowledge—bodi…
The medium is the message: Online learning, communities, and identities
The voices of newcomers. A qualitative analysis of the construction of transnational identity
Nowadays, globalization is connected with the emergence and reconstruction of new identities. For instance, the migration process implies the generation of new forms of identity, questioning the traditional homogeneous and static notions of identity. In this regard, the term 'transnational identity' or 'bicultural identity' has been suggested for these people that live in between two cultural frameworks and has to establish a dialogue between the…
The incorporation of funds of knowledge and funds of identity of students and their families into educational practice. A case study from Catalonia, Spain
Perceived institutional support among young indigenous and mestizo students from Chiapas (México): A group vitality approach
Ethnolinguistic Vitality Theory (EVT) asserts that status, demographic and institutional support (IS) factors make up the vitality of ethnolinguistic groups within intergroup relations. Specifically, IS factor refers to the extent to which a language group enjoys representation in the various institutions of a society, in particular, mass media, education, government services, industry, religion, culture and politics. However, some scholars sugge…
Funds of Identity: Connecting Meaningful Learning Experiences in and out of School
Drawing on research conducted mostly in Catalonia (Spain), Moisès Esteban-Guitart outlines a distinct vision of education enhanced by students' identities, which leads to a discussion of the sociocultural factors that shape the processes of learning. He brings these ideas to life by examining traits of a mobile-centric society, the present-day ecology of learning, and his three metaphors of learning (connecting knowledge, connecting minds, and co…
Participación Infantil en la Transformación de sus Espacios de Aprendizaje: Democratizando la Creación mediante un Proyecto de Fabricación Digital en un Fablab
This paper introduces a participatory project included in the classroom programming of two groups of primary education in a school situated in Madrid. The main interest is to situate and mark certain methodological particularities of this case study, a transdisciplinary action research project that has involved the educational community of the school, researchers and professionals of a cultural institution with international prestige, with the ai…
Informationalism and informalization of learnings in 21st century. A qualitative study on meaningful learning experiences
Recent work on education, based on sociocultural principles, suggest an expansion of the traditional boundaries of learning research that takes into account the multiple spaces and life trajectories that make up experience across our life-worlds. This article focuses specifically on young people’s significant learning experiences in order to illustrate empirically what learning means - i.e. where, with whom and how - in the ‘new ecology of learni…
Improving educational expectations in an Open Access Centre in Barcelona. An educational orientation project for young people at risk of social exclusion / La mejora de las expectativas educativas en …
This article presents the design, implementation and evaluation of an educational orientation project for young people at risk of social exclusion who attended an Open Access Centre in Barcelona (Spain). The project aimed to increase participants’ expectations of education in general, and of university and higher education in particular. A content analysis and a pre- and post-test design are used to evaluate the effects of the programme. The prog…
Funds of knowledge in 21st century societies: Inclusive educational practices for under-represented students. A literature review
Although the first educational applications of the funds of knowledge (FoK) concept were carried out in the late 1980s, there have been numerous developments and proposals since then, many of which have been made within the last few years. It continues to be, therefore, a valid, cutting-edge educational approach; one which seeks to overcome the lingering deficit perspective in education, by improving relationships between families and schools, an…
The Role of the Study Group in the Funds of Knowledge Approach
This article explores the role of the study group in the funds of knowledge approach as implemented in a public school located in Catalonia, Spain. In particular, we describe the funds of knowledge uncovered during home visits to the families of 5 students selected by the teachers and the process by which the teachers developed educational activities using some of these funds of knowledge. We argue that the study group can be seen as a community …
Designing for deep learning in the context of digital and social media
There is today a great deal of controversy over digital and social media. Even leaders in the tech industry are beginning to decry the time young people spend on smartphones and social networks. Recently, the World Health Organization proposed adding “gaming disorder” to its official list of diseases, defining it as a pattern of gaming behavior so severe that it takes “precedence over other life interests”. At the same time, many others have cele…
The biosocial foundation of the early Vygotsky: Educational psychology before the zone of proximal development
One of Lev Vygotsky's most widely known concepts in educational psychology is the zone of proximal development (ZPD), which he began to articulate in the last 2 years of his life and work (1933-1934). This article explores an earlier period in Vygotsky's career-well before he developed the concept of the ZPD-when he was actively involved in pedagogy and educational psychology. With reference to the research and teaching that Vygotsky carried out …
Más allá del aprendizaje escolar: El rol de la subjetividad en el enfoque de los fondos de identidad
El aprendizaje ocurre cuando el aprendiz se convierte en sujeto de su propio aprendizaje en contextos tanto formales como informales. La teoría de la subjetividad de González Rey, que parte del enfoque histórico-cultural, afirma que dicho proceso está guiado por la emoción, la imaginación y la creatividad, que a su vez promueve el desarrollo subjetivo. Sin embargo, las actividades de aprendizaje tradicionales han ignorado al aprendiz como sujeto.…
Manifiesto en Tiempos de Pandemia: Por una Educación Crítica, Intergeneracional, Sostenible y Comunitaria
La actual emergencia derivada de la pandemia del coronavirus nos recuerda que compartimos un mismo desafío en tanto que seres humanos. Recientemente, se ha considerado la pandemia Covid-19 una experiencia colectiva y traumática (“world perezhivanie”), caracterizada por una crisis sistémica que impacta no solo en nuestra salud, sino también en nuestra economía, política, orden social y, por supuesto, en la educación. Esta situación nos impide post…
‘The best way to learn language is by not doing language’. Incorporating funds of identity for learning Spanish in a Shared Education Unit
The aim of this paper is to describe the process of designing and implementing a teaching unit that links a curricular subject – in this case, Spanish language – with the identity of students as a strategy aimed at improving engagement and learning. The teaching unit was implemented in a Shared Education Unit in Catalonia (Spain) for at-risk students. The design of the teaching unit was based on the theoretical approaches of the funds of identity…
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