Investigating disciplinary literacy : a framework for collaborative professional learning / Christina L. Dobbs, Jacy Ippolito, Megin Charner-Laird.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dobbs, Christina L., author.

Ippolito, Jacy, author.

Charner-Laird, Megin, author.

Contributor:

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Professional learning communities.

Teachers--Training of.

Teachers.

Language arts--Correlation with content subjects.

Language arts.

Inquiry-based learning.

Physical Description:

xiii, 200 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard Education Press, [2017]

Summary:

Investigating Disciplinary Literacy presents a framework for conducting professional learning cycles focused on disciplinary literacy, based on professional development and research projects that the authors have conducted with a range of districts over the past 5 years. In addition to outlining the steps of the cycle, the authors identify four "working habits" essential to initiating and sustaining DL projects: balancing content with process; creating a culture of adaptation and invention; attending equally to intermediate and DL skills; and positioning teachers and leaders as learners within projects. Written in a reader-friendly voice for a practitioner audience, the book provides practical, research-based guidance for those seeking to collaboratively explore and implement DL-related practices in context-specific, meaningful ways--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1 Bringing Together Disciplinary Literacy and Professional Learning

1 The Challenge of Disciplinary Literacy 11

2 Focusing on Professional Learning 27

3 A New Model for Disciplinary Literacy Professional Learning 39

Part 2 Designing and Enacting Disciplinary Literacy Professional Learning

4 Forming a Leadership Team and Identifying Readiness for Change 55

5 Assessing Needs and Identifying Levers for Change 69

6 Forming Teams of Content and/or Cross-Content Area Teachers and Leaders 87

7 Making Initial Meaning of Disciplinary Literacy Principles and Practices 105

8 Collaboratively Inquiring into Domains of Disciplinary Literacy Practice 125

9 Designing, Testing, and Assessing New Disciplinary Literacy Practices 139

10 Refining and Sharing New Disciplinary Literacy Practices 155

11 Ending Well 167.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781682530689

168253068X

9781682530696

1682530698

OCLC:

984149203

Publisher Number:

99973577933