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Blog 6- Classroom Observation as a Discipline
These articles are within the discipline of educational research: how are they organized? What do you think is the purpose behind their organization? (i.e., why include a “Methods” section?”) How do the authors define literacy and why? Based on this definition, what do they observe in the classroom? How might this examination of literacy inform… Read more
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Blog 5-Disciplinary Literacy Teaching
In Schleppegrell’s paper, she argues that Academic language is defined as “a set of linguistic registers that construe multiple and complex meanings at all levels and in all subjects of schooling” (1). She starts her argument by taking a specific sentence from an actual textbook and picking it apart using her definition of academic language.… Read more
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