(Ebook) Disciplinary Literacy in Action : How to Create and Sustain a School-Wide Culture of Deep Reading, Writing, and Thinking by ReLeah Cossett Lent, Marsha McCracken Voigt ISBN 9781544317472, 9781544317458, 9781544317489, 9781544317465, 1544317476, 154431745X, 1544317484, 1544317468

(Ebook) Disciplinary Literacy in Action : How to Create and Sustain a School-Wide Culture of Deep Reading, Writing, and Thinking by ReLeah Cossett Lent, Marsha McCracken Voigt ISBN 9781544317472, 9781544317458, 9781544317489, 9781544317465, 1544317476, 154431745X, 1544317484, 1544317468

"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."—Doug Buehl, Author of Developing Readers in the Academic DisciplinesWhat 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 Voigt show us a better way.In this sequel to ReLeah’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 literacy.In each chapter, and with a blend of lively disciplinary literacy teaching ideas and razor-sharp insights on developing teacher efficacy and leadership, ReLeah and Marsha take educators through a powerful PL cycle they can replicate in their 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 forCollaborative learning that preserves discipline-specific content yet keeps innovative daily practices of reading, writing, thinking, and doing at the forefrontPlanning by autonomous literacy leadership teams with administrative supportImplementation augmented by peer and disciplinary literacy coachingReflection that leads to ongoing collective problem solving…