The study group as a possible place: seven years of collaboration with a team of nursery school teachers / El grupo de estudio como lugar posible: siete años de colaboración con un equipo de maestras de Educación Infantil

Abstract

In 2018, we launched an educational experience based on the Funds of Knowledge (FK) approach in a public school in Barcelona. In contrast to the dominant ways of learning and teaching in Catalonia’s schools, we launched the FK as both a political and educational strategy within the Shere Rom framework of school–university collaboration. In this manuscript, we analyse the project from a historical perspective, focusing on the sustainability of the study group as a community of practice and its relevance through a critical sociocultural lens. We spoke with two of the teachers involved over the years and identified elements that enable us to assess how the initiative helps to create new ways of thinking, designing educational practices and interacting among families, teachers and researchers. Our analysis suggests that the sustainability of the project is partly based on teacher engagement, collective learning and university support. The study group is now facing methodological challenges and a reflection on future transformations.