Week 2: Content Area vs. Disciplinary Literacy

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Questions:

What is the difference between Content, Content area and Disciplinary Literacy? 

What does “metadiscursivity” have to do with disciplinary literacy? Why is it important?

How does Moje’s disciplinary theory compare and contrast to Gee’s perspectives on reading and language

Tuesday Reading:

Wolsey, T. D., & Lapp, D. (2017). Literacy in the disciplines: A teacher’s guide for grades 5-12. Chapter 1. New York, NY: Guilford. 

Thursday Reading:

Moje, E.B. (2008).  Foregrounding the disciplines in secondary literacy teaching and learning: A call for change.  Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 52(2), 96-107

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Secondary English Education Professor and Researcher

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    1. Also looks like your link takes me to my home page— it’s a link that’s only accessible w your login. I suspect your url will start w “ jumboshrimp” and will not contain “posts”

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