“To be metadiscursive means that people not only engage in
(New London Group, 1996)
many different discourse communities but also know
how and why they are engaging, and what those engagements mean for them and others in terms of social
positioning and larger power relations “
The Difference Between Content, Content Area, and Disciplinary Literacy.
Content, Content Area, and Disciplinary Literacy are all interconnected, but different, concepts.
Content is simply what the text is about. The example that Wolsey and Lapp use is that “content is the what” (2017). It is simply the subject that is being written about. Content Area is the specialized area of education. For example, Social Studies is a content area. Content area is how the content is presented in school. Disciplinary Literacy is how reading and writing are used in each specific field. It is specialized to each subject or content area. It includes processing information beyond the content, and involves learning the jargon and academic language of the discipline, understanding it, and applying knowledge of the language and techniques used. Understanding, applying, and learning the different techniques that experts use within their field to communicate with each other and the public about their findings are all part of practicing disciplinary literacy. Disciplinary literacy is a key part of explaining and understanding content across content areas.
What does “Metadiscursivity” have to do with disciplinary literacy? Why is it important?
“Metadiscursivity” is an approach to disciplinary literacy. It’s an approach in which disciplines and subject areas are crossed. It’s about learning to how to apply literacy in one area to another subject area.
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I think this topic is a great way to start off your blog on teaching. You bring up great terms that all teachers should be made aware of. Starting off with the quote that defines metadiscursive was a fabulous way to get the reader fully involved with your blog. I feel like it made a great transition to disciplinary reading. I would encourage you to expand upon how disciplinary reading and metadiscursive go together. I think you have a great start by explaining that it is an approach to disciplinary literacy. As teachers, we need to be thinking of new approaches to how we teach and why we teach it a certain way. Using the lens of metadiscursity could really expand our students’ minds. I also believe that disciplinary reading is a lens itself for looking at content. By looking at the material like the experts, the students can begin to understand the content area. It will be a new approach for the students, however, it could be very beneficial. As teachers, we need to build on their background knowledge of the content and expanding it by looking through this lens. The tricky part can be when the students lack prior knowledge and then we try to challenge them by getting them to think like the expert. This is the challenge of teaching. Pushing our students when they do not want to be pushed.
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