Disciplinary Literacies: Discovering our Multiple Identities Across Grades and Content Areas

Disciplinary literacies (DL) have always been a hot topic for secondary schools since much of the literacy learning in these grades occurs across the content areas (think science, social studies, art...). Even the Hawaiʻi Common Core State Standards established DL goals for grades 6-12. But does that mean that elementary teachers don’t have an important role to play in teaching specialized ways of reading, writing, and thinking in a particular discipline?
In this episode, we'll chat with University of Hawaiʻi professors Drs. Stephanie Buelow and Charlotte Frambaugh-Kritzer, who've studied disciplinary literacy and its use in Hawaiʻi. We talk about defining disciplinary literacy, why it is important for both elementary and secondary students, and what teachers and families can do to help promote it.
Your Hosts

• Dr. Esmeralda Carini
• Erin D’Amelio

Links for You!

• For you literacy nerds out there, check out the International Literacy Association's brief on Content Area & DL: Strategies and frameworks.
• Check out Charlotte and Stephanie's recent articles on disciplinary literacies:
  • Solving Like a Mathematician: Disciplinary Literacy Instruction in Elementary Mathematics (and here's that neat KWL vs KNWS strategy sheet!)
  • Communicating like an artist: Disciplinary literacy
    instruction in elementary visual arts
  • What are Disciplinary Literacies in Dance and Drama in the Elementary Grades?

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Episode 7 Music

• Intro/Outro: “Together We Can” hedkandi
• "Life of Riley" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• "Daily Beetle" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• "Carpe Diem" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• “Easy Lemon” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/