Participation as a Pathway to Content Knowledge : Engaging All Students in Disciplinary Literacy Practices

Abstract
In this article, the authors assert that one important way to bring students to a level of caring about history is through participation. They discuss conceptual considerations and pedagogical possibilities of disciplinary literacy with a focus on transforming students into engaged participants in the practices of historical thinking and learning. The authors are concerned with ways disciplinary teachers can engage all students, including those who are struggling and reluctant, in the demanding practices of expert communities through active participation and by making connections to their personal lives. The article is based on international collaboration between language and literacy researchers, historians, and teacher educators from the U.S, and Finland in a project that aims to study and support the teaching of disciplinary literacy in high school history. The authors’ ideas and recommendations are punctuated by short vignettes of actual classroom practice by secondary history teachers in the U.S. and Finland.
Main Authors
Format
Articles Research article
Published
2018
Series
Subjects
Publication in research information system
Publisher
Research Institute for Progression of Knowledge
Original source
http://www.ijessnet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/3.pdf
The permanent address of the publication
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201810014285Use this for linking
Review status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
2415-1246
Language
English
Published in
International Journal of Education and Social Science
Citation
  • Brozo, W. G., Sulkunen, S., & Veijola, A. (2018). Participation as a Pathway to Content Knowledge : Engaging All Students in Disciplinary Literacy Practices. International Journal of Education and Social Science, 5(8), 27-35. http://www.ijessnet.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/3.pdf
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