Preparing Students to Be Creators of Knowledge
“How do you prepare students to be inhabitants of a scientist’s world, a historian’s world, or a legislator’s world? How …
Looking through a Disciplinary Lens
In the simplest of terms, the difference between teaching “content area literacy” and teaching “disciplinary literacy” has to do with …
What Do We Mean by Text?
“If you are struggling to find the time in class to read, it can be helpful to broaden the definition …
Vocabulary as inspiration?
Vocabulary is at the heart of every subject we teach, but teaching vocabulary usually feels like flossing teeth. You know …
“The View from 3 Feet”
Here’s a wonderful video from the Opportunity to Learn Campaign about the importance of early childhood education. Note that it …
“Cultivating Puzzlement”
A lot of lip service is being paid to teaching literacy in all subject areas in school. But when we …
“Whose Forebears Are We?”
In the teaching profession, the daily challenge of meeting the expectations of our students, our school, and our system, as …