Coleman's Theory of Capital and Personal Experience

Prompt:
Explain Coleman's Theory of family capital. Provide at least one quote to help you
restate the three components of Coleman's theory of family capital.
Examine your own personal experience using Coleman's theory as a way of
understanding it. Analyze literacy events, practices or environments from your life.
Provide at least two specific examples from your life. Make sure to connect your
examples directly to Coleman's theory.
● You can use your upbringing, the upbringing of your children or the upbringing
of others in your life. However, you mush write about your first-hand
experience.
● Hint: You can use the narrative or descriptive mode of discourse to describe
how you have personally experienced family capital
What does your analysis uncover? What do you learn about the home environment,
family capital and/or educational attainment? What is your conclusion about what is
most critical for the parent generation to do for their children? What do you conclude?