Disciplinary literacy in action : how to create and sustain a school-wide culture of deep reading, writing, and thinking /

What happens when middle and high school teachers who know their content very well are told they should be teaching reading and writing too? Is there a bit of resistance? A decrease in self-efficacy? An overturning of curricula? In Disciplinary Literacy in Action, ReLeah Cossett Lent and Marsha McCr...

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Main Authors: Lent, ReLeah Cossett (Author)
Group Author: Voigt, Marsha
Published: Corwin, a SAGE Company,
Publisher Address: Thousand Oaks, California :
Publication Dates: [2019]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Corwin literacy
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Summary: What happens when middle and high school teachers who know their content very well are told they should be teaching reading and writing too? Is there a bit of resistance? A decrease in self-efficacy? An overturning of curricula? In Disciplinary Literacy in Action, ReLeah Cossett Lent and Marsha McCracken Voigt show us a better way. In this sequel to Lent's bestselling This Is Disciplinary Literacy, the authors provide educators with what they've wanted all along: a framework that keeps their subjects at the center and shows them how to pool strengths with colleagues in ongoing communities of professional learning(PL) around content specific theory--back cover.
Carrier Form: xviii, 346 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-337) and index.
ISBN: 9781544317472
1544317476
Index Number: LB1576
CLC: G40-012
Call Number: G40-012/L574
Contents: Disciplinary literacy and collaborative professional learning: a partnership that works -- Unlocking disciplinary literacy -- Creating a school-wide culture of disciplinary reading -- Creating a schoolwide culture of disciplinary writing -- Creating a school-wide culture of disciplinary thinking -- Building disciplinary literacy (DL) learning communities -- What matters most in a disciplinary literacy (DL) learning community -- From teacher learner to teacher leader -- Leading the disciplinary literacy charge.