Disciplinary Literacy in Action : How to Create and Sustain a School-Wide Culture of Deep Reading, Writing, and Thinking Paperback / softback

by ReLeah Cossett (ReLeah Lent Educational Consulting) Lent, Marsha McCracken Voigt

Part of the Corwin Literacy series

Paperback / softback

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"Much of the professional literature has focused on what disciplinary literacy entails; this valuable contribution explores how it can be implemented in complex school settings." â€”Doug Buehl, Author ofÂ Developing Readers in the Academic Disciplines Â 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? InÂ Disciplinary Literacy in Action, ReLeah Cossett Lent and Marsha Voigt show us a better way. Â In this sequel to ReLeahâ€™s bestsellingÂ This Is Disciplinary Literacy, the authors provide educators with what theyâ€™ve wanted all along: a framework that keeps their subjects at the centerÂ andÂ shows them how to pool strengths with colleagues in ongoing communities of professionalÂ learning (PL) around content-specific literacy. Â In each chapter, and with a blend of lively disciplinary literacy teaching ideas and razor-sharp insights on developing teacherÂ efficacy and leadership, ReLeah and Marsha take educators through a powerful PL cycle they can replicate in theirÂ school.

The authors know it works not just because the research says so, but also because they have spent years refining the model in schools, districts, and regions.

With this book, you will be ready for Collaborative learningÂ that preserves discipline-specific content yet keeps innovative daily practices of reading, writing, thinking, and doing at the forefrontPlanningÂ by autonomous literacy leadership teams with administrative supportImplementationÂ augmented by peer andÂ disciplinaryÂ literacy coachingReflectionÂ that leads to ongoing collective problem solving In the end, it all comes back to how content teachers can best help students use literacy in all its forms to learn more deeply.

WithÂ Disciplinary Literacy in Action, you have a proven framework for doing just that.

This is the resource to lean on as you work to ensure all students use literacy as a toolÂ to think, create, and communicate in any endeavor.