Foregrounding the Disciplines for Teacher Preparation in Secondary Literacy

• Published in: Journal of adolescent & adult literacy Vol. 56; no. 2; pp. 141 - 150
• Main Author: Conley, Mark W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell 01.10.2012
• Subjects: Beginning Teachers; Educational Practices; Fused Curriculum; Instructional Design; Instructional Development; Intellectual Disciplines; Interdisciplinary Approach; Literacy; Preservice Teacher Education; Teaching Methods; Teaching Skills

Though there has been disagreement about the particular emphasis on the disciplines with literacy, there is a great deal of agreement that the disciplines matter. This article describes a course designed to prepare beginning teachers to engage in disciplinary literacy, or literacy-related ways of kn...