Disciplinary Literacy

Disciplinary Literacy W. Douglas Baker Eastern Michigan Writing Project Saturday, February 11, 2012

“Disciplinary Literacy”Disciplines include norms and expectations in practicesof interacting; communicating, defending and archivingideas; exploring particular issues and topics andconducting research

“Disciplinary Literacy”Disciplines include norms and expectations in practicesof interacting; communicating, defending and archivingideas; exploring particular issues and topics andconducting researchLiteracy: reading and writing (and now, viewing orengaging with multimodal texts)

PracticesActions and discourse that constitute “literate”activities, including assumptions and beliefs behind these.

PracticesActions and discourse that constitute “literate”activities, including assumptions and beliefs behind these.Example: reciting to learn or writing to learn

DiscourseThe language, values and assumptions that we use todefine, discuss or describe ideas or practices

DiscourseThe language, values and assumptions that we use todefine, discuss or describe ideas and practicesExample: how we define and describe “reading” or“writing” in our classrooms.

Four ConsiderationsStudents’ perspectives of literacy in our subject area

Four ConsiderationsStudents’ perspectives of literacy in subject areasTeachers’ perspectives of literacy in their subject areas

Four ConsiderationsStudents’ perspectives of literacy in subject areasTeachers’ perspectives of literacy in their subject areasDisciplinary perspectives of literacy

Four ConsiderationsStudents’ perspectives of literacy in subject areasTeachers’ perspectives of literacy in their subject areasDisciplinary perspectives of literacyRole of standards and how students and teachers areassessed

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