“Thus, the purpose of disciplinary literacy is less about trying to give students the tools (e.g. study skills) to be better students generally, and more about inducting them into the disciplines. That’s the idea of reading like a scientist or writi
Flowchart discussing motivations for studying reading, highlighting problems, and noting the growth in reading complexity and need for advanced literacy instruction in secondary education.
Flowchart titled 'What motivated the study: context of reform' with arrows and boxes explaining the motivation for educational reform, including points like American schools wanting to stay competitive, changed workplace skills, struggles with litera
A classroom scene with students seated at desks, one female student with a headscarf reading a book or paper, and a slide presentation titled 'Reading Like a Historian (2008)' displayed on a screen.
A presentation slide titled "How did they conduct their research in Math?" detailing the "Big Ideas" approach, with bullet points explaining student activities like studying big ideas, providing examples, illustrating formulas, and creating charts.
A math worksheet showing a graph of a parabola with four points marked on it, with instructions to identify whether each point is on, not on, or undetermined as part of a math exercise.
Slide with the title 'The Findings:' and four numbered points discussing literacy, digital age, and the study's conclusions.
A diagram illustrating literacy development in 2030, featuring a pyramid with four levels: Basic Literacy, Intermediate Literacy, Disciplinary Literacy, and Transdisciplinary Literacy. Each level includes descriptions, with additional notes on interm
Notes on transdisciplinary thinking, including explanations of holistic synthesis, challenges, changes, complexity, interrelationships, and disciplinary reading and writing, with highlighted sections in yellow.
A diagram of a star with five points labeled as follows: One point labeled 'Disciplinary Literacies,' one labeled 'Innovative Literacies,' one 'Digital Literacies,' one 'Collaborative Literacies,' and one 'Cumulative Practices.' An arrow points to th