A model of Disciplinary Literacy
Buehl,
D. (n.d.). Developing Readers in the Academic Disciplines (p. 10-16).
I
never gave it much thought, but it is easy to see that we are all at different
stages of the Disciplinary Literacy Model throughout our grade school time in
education. In elementary most students
will be basic literacy learners. This means that the student is building a
foundation for reading and writing. For example students learn to decode words recognize
words, and learn the meaning of words. When the student leaves elementary for
middle school they will fall into the intermediate literacy stage. This is
where we learn to streamline and multitask regarding reading and writing. This
is sometime referred to as juggling because now they are introduced to reading
and writing for multiple subject matters like history, math and science
classes. If the student does not have the popper foundation from elementary
school how will they be able to keep up with their peers in this new stage of
literacy in middle school? Being dyslexic myself I was a victim to not having a
strong foundation when I left elementary school. This caused me to tune myself
out during my middle school days. The only reason I was getting passed from
grade to grade was because I caused little trouble for my teachers regarding
behavioral issues. Only much later in my life when I went back and learned for
myself the basic foundations I needed to find success in education could I develop
into the higher stages of the literacy model. I feel it is important for all
educators to keep a lookout for the signs of our student population having
trouble moving from one stage to the next. I will be a PE instructor but I will
always keep my eyes open to the struggles of my students in all areas of their
educational experience. I will look for ways to tie in my subject matter to
help them find success in other subject matters. The disciplinary literacy
stage is found to be practiced in the high school environment. This is where
the student must learn to navigate a curriculum that features all areas of
education. The student will need to be able to conceptualize reading and
writing and determine their reader and writer voice. This will govern how well
they will be able to find success in the everyday life of adulthood. This is
just one part of the complicated discussion we will continue to have during this
blogging section of our class. I will
ask the reader this question; what can you do to help a student become a better
reader if you notice they don’t have the popper foundation in middle or high
school? Eming (Writing as a Mode of Learning) said something to this effect writing
represents a unique mode of learning. Weather we see this as an obvious truth
or not it can only be said for the individual because we are all different
especially in regards to how we learn to read.
FRANKIE!!
ReplyDeleteI really like how you bring up being a dyslexic reader because as teachers how do we navigate around that and help those students? I am dyslexic myself and that is why i have a hard time reading articles for our class because words get twisted and turned and i begin to lose the content that i was reading. Writing papers for me is the same deal! I think my brain works faster than my hands and eyes do! lol Even when i speak out loud words end up flipping on me! we need to be able to create a curriculum for all levels for our students but still have them all on the same page! What a challenge!
I feel the big responsibility that comes with being a teacher. Our duty is not just to teach about something, but make sure that every single student is getting quality education. That each of them is understanding, learning, and applying what we are teaching. Good question by the way. I also had a similar question.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the statement "Our duty is not to teach about, but make sure that every single student is getting a quality education" and that is what it is all about, if a teacher is passionate about their job. For me, I want every student to have a good experience in my class. No matter what learning disability the teacher must adapt and make all students feel good about learning.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the statement "Our duty is not to teach about, but make sure that every single student is getting a quality education" and that is what it is all about, if a teacher is passionate about their job. For me, I want every student to have a good experience in my class. No matter what learning disability the teacher must adapt and make all students feel good about learning.
ReplyDeleteWhen it comes to being a PE teacher, I think I'm going to find it hard to find students who are struggling in the reading area. I think that we as PE teachers can do other things to help our students and find where they maybe struggling. Like we can have our students do journals and which would tap into helping them write.
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