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Teaching Content and Supporting Reading Through Disciplinary Literacy

By Stephen Sawchuk & Lauren Santucci — October 28, 2024 4:39
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Reading is often taught as a generic skill that works the same in every context. But reading a poem and reading a scientific text make very different demands on the reader. °ÄÃÅÅܹ·ÂÛ̳’s latest special report delves into this idea of reading across disciplines.

Teachers don’t have to be experts on reading theory to support their students in this work. As researcher Tim Shanahan describes in this video, each discipline produces and communicates knowledge differently, and learning how to produce texts in those fields is part and parcel of teaching content.

Stephen Sawchuk is an assistant managing editor for °ÄÃÅÅܹ·ÂÛ̳, leading coverage of teaching, learning, and curriculum.
Lauren Santucci is a video producer for °ÄÃÅÅܹ·ÂÛ̳.
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