List of Figures
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
INTRODUCTION
What to Expect From This Book
CHAPTER 1: DISCIPLINARY LITERACY AND COLLABORATIVE PROFESSIONAL
LEARNING: A PARTNERSHIP THAT WORKS
Literacy Initiatives and PLCs: What Went Wrong?
Collaborative Disciplinary Literacy Learning: A Story of
Success
Meet Our Disciplinary Literacy Learning Community
Benefits of Collaborative Disciplinary Literacy Professional
Learning
Fostering Disciplinary Literacy Dialogue
Resources for Continued Learning
CHAPTER 2: UNLOCKING DISCIPLINARY LITERACY
What Is Literacy in the 21st Century?
Content Area Literacy Versus Disciplinary Literacy
Disciplinary Literacy Instruction in Action
Fostering Disciplinary Literacy Dialogue
Resources for Continued Learning
HOW TO CREATE A SCHOOL-WIDE CULTURE OF DISCIPLINARY LITERACY
CHAPTER 3: CREATING A SCHOOL-WIDE CULTURE OF DISCIPLINARY
READING
Why Read in Every Discipline?
Wide Reading in All Disciplines: There’s No Downside
Reading Strategies: When and How
Vocabulary: The Key to All Content Reading
Fostering Disciplinary Literacy Dialogue
Resources for Continued Learning
CHAPTER 4: CREATING A SCHOOLWIDE CULTURE OF DISCIPLINARY
WRITING
Exploring Disciplinary Writing
Writing to Learn in the Discipline Areas
Following the Pros: Disciplinary Mentor Texts
Feedback: From Master to Apprentice
Fostering Disciplinary Literacy Dialogue
Resources for Continued Learning
CHAPTER 5: CREATING A SCHOOL-WIDE CULTURE OF DISCIPLINARY
THINKING
Learning to Think in Disciplinary Ways
Curiosity Drives Disciplinary Thinking
Students and Teachers: Thinking Like Insiders Together
Making Disciplinary Thinking Visible
Fostering Disciplinary Literacy Dialogue
Resources for Continued Learning
HOW TO SUSTAIN A SCHOOL-WIDE CULTURE OF DISCIPLINARY LITERACY
CHAPTER 6: BUILDING DISCIPLINARY LITERACY (DL) LEARNING
COMMUNITIES
The Problem With PLCs
Fixing the Problem Through DL Learning Communities
Tips for Creating Interdisciplinary
Common Subject Literacy Learning Communities
The All-Important First Meeting
Supporting DL Learning Communities
Moving Toward Collective Efficacy
Sustaining DL Learning Communities
Fostering Disciplinary Literacy Dialogue
Resources for Continued Learning
CHAPTER 7: WHAT MATTERS MOST IN A DISCIPLINARY LITERACY (DL)
LEARNING COMMUNITY
Collective Inquiry
Autonomy and Authority
Meaningful Collaboration
Fostering Disciplinary Literacy Dialogue
Resources for Continued Learning
CHAPTER 8: FROM TEACHER LEARNER TO TEACHER LEADER
Disciplinary Literacy Develops Deep Leadership
Disciplinary Literacy Leadership Roles
The Power of Disciplinary Literacy Leadership
Fostering Disciplinary Literacy Dialogue
Resources for Continued Learning
CHAPTER 9: LEADING THE DISCIPLINARY LITERACY CHARGE
Administrative Leaders as Learners
Disciplinary Literacy Coaching: The Glue That Holds It All
Together
Fostering Disciplinary Literacy Dialogue
Resources for Continued Learning
Coda
Appendix A: Disciplinary Literacy in English Language Arts
Appendix B: Disciplinary Literacy in Math
Appendix C: Disciplinary Literacy in Science
Appendix D: Disciplinary Literacy in Social Studies
Appendix E: Disciplinary Literacy in Art
Appendix F: Disciplinary Literacy in a World Language
Appendix G: Disciplinary Literacy in Health
Appendix H: Disciplinary Literacy in Music
Appendix I: Technology or Digital Literacy
Appendix J: Disciplinary Literacy in Physical Education
References
Index
ReLeah Cossett Lent is an international consultant known
for speaking, writing, and providing workshops on various topics
ranging from literacy to leadership teams. She was previously a
middle and high school English, Social Studies, and Journalism
teacher before becoming a founding member of a state-wide literacy
project at the University of Central Florida. There, she
contributed to developing Florida′s Reading Endorsement courses and
coordinated literacy leadership teams statewide. Her most impactful
work stems from multi-day residencies in schools, districts, and
consortiums, where she has created numerous professional learning
initiatives with positive results in student achievement and
teacher leadership. An advocate for student ownership and active
learning, ReLeah emphasizes powerful collective efficacy as teacher
teams engage in problem solving. She has been recognized with
several awards, including intellectual freedom awards from the
National Council of Teachers of English and The American Library
Association, the PEN First Amendment Award, and the Florida Council
of Teachers of English (FCTE) President′s Award for her
"significant contributions to the teachings of English in State of
Florida."
Marsha Voigt has 30 years of experience as a diagnostician and
teacher, working with kindergarten through college-age students who
struggled with literacy. She now focuses on professional
development and serves as a consultant and literacy coach. In
their article, “Growing Leaders from Within,” she and ReLeah
describe their first year of working together to facilitate a truly
collaborative literacy learning community.
"Lent and Voight’s Disciplinary Literacy in Action is an
invigorating tonic for all educators interested in improving
instruction and learning. By highlighting the intersectionality of
disciplinary learning, literacy acquisition, and professional
learning, the authors provide readers with a critical framework to
improve instruction that serves as a foundation to prepare students
for college, career, and citizenship. Peppered with visual and
narrative examples of effective and efficient learning
environments, the text can easily be employed to support the
professional learning experiences of pre-service, novice, and
experienced teachers."
*Enrique A. Puig, Ed.D.*
"Disciplinary literacy, argue Lent and Voigt, is a process rather
than a product. You don′t check disciplinary literacy off your
to-do list -- you engage in it daily, pursuing its paths toward the
long-term flourishing of all of our kids. If there is more
important work than this, I can′t think of what it is. I can′t
imagine a better or more capable guide for the deep and practical
exploration of this work than Disciplinary Literacy in
Action. Each page shines with wisdom and research, and
every chapter is rooted in what actually goes on in schools. I
expect that teachers, teams, and administrators will turn this into
a well-worn text."
*Dave Stuart, Jr.*
"Disciplinary Literacy in Action is a ‘must have’ resource for all
Junior and Senior High Schools. Rich with suggestions, this
‘how–to’ for implementing disciplinary literacy immerses
the reader in teacher experiences that paint a picture of how
transformative this approach can be. With their call to
action that "it is no longer enough for students to memorize
material and call it learning", this book offers guidance on how to
sustain a disciplinary literacy culture within an entire school and
district.
The authors deliver an open invitation to
teacher to engage students in content learning as
experts do."
*Kim Tackaberry*
"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. The authors
articulate a fresh examination of disciplinary literacy through the
lens of professional learning communities. They bring an
experienced and savvy perspective to the promises and pitfalls of
PLCs and especially appreciated are the teacher voices interspersed
throughout the discussion that illuminate collective inquiry and
meaningful collaboration in action. This book is a welcome resource
that will resonate with teachers and school literacy leaders."
*Doug Buehl*
"In the book This Is Disciplinary Literacy, ReLeah Lent supported
English teachers and content area teachers alike with strong
rationale and concrete practices for reading, writing, inquiry, and
collaboration across the disciplines. Lent’s new book with
Marsha Voigt, Disciplinary Literacy in Action, is the next step.
This book can serve as manual for individuals and school teams who
want to gain even more traction and build a culture of literacy
learning and leadership. Learning from hours on site with leaders,
teachers, and students who have developed communities of literacy
learning, Lent and Voigt share moves that can serve as an
apprenticeship for practitioners."
*Lynn Angus Ramos*
"In this detailed and delightful book, ReLeah Lent and Marsha Voigt
harness the science of learning into crystal-clear signposts for
getting students to read and write, think and problem solve in the
ways that mathematicians, foreign language learners, historians, or
artists do. A must-read for transformative action in
teacher-scholars of all academic disciplines, this book will change
how you think about your content area, and how you teach it!"
*Wendy Ostroff, Ph.D.*
"Disciplinary Literacy in Action provides a balanced, timely, and
instructive approach to solving complex problems of practice
related to disciplinary literacy. The authors harnesses the
power of collaborative dialogue, problem-solving, and reflection
and provide authentic, discipline-specific guidance to teachers and
leaders about the skills required in reading, writing, and thinking
in all content areas. This book provides content area
teachers and school leaders with relevant tools about how to
structure and use professional learning communities to support
classroom-based and school-wide disciplinary literacy
efforts. Lent and Voigt honor the role of the content area
teachers in making informed decisions about the literacies of their
discipline, invite the reader to listen in content area teaching
and student learning, and present a call to action about the power
of disciplinary professional learning communities to impact
teacher, student, and school success."
*Vicky Zygouris-Coe, Ph.D.*
"Disciplinary Literacy in Action by ReLeah Lent and Marsha
Voigt offers both practical advice and keen insights about how to
engage learners in authentic and meaningful ways across the
disciplines. The authors answer the critical question: How do we
ensure our students develop the necessary literacy tools to be
successful in discipline-specific ways? With the clarity of real
examples, readers will find themselves inspired by a blueprint to
ensure all students are well prepared for a world that awaits
them."
*Judy Wallis, Ed.D.*
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