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- resaco99
- I am a 28 year old special educator who lives to provide ever student with a highly qualified education within the field of health and biology. I have been teaching for three years and have found myself faced with many different challenges within the realm of content literacy to social emotional students with an array of learning disabilites which either limits their progress or hinder them due to being above grade level. I hope to gain as much knowledge about incorporating content literacy along with strategies and skills to implement in my current classroom and to master this skill throughout my career as a skilled teacher.
After reading the article and listening to Dr. Elizabeth Moje podcast about secondary school literacy instruction I was intrigue with the knowledge that was provided by many seasoned researchers and educators. I was really impressed by how students can learn outside of the traditional textbooks by incorporating media, actual artifacts, and primary & secondary sources of information to help stimulate students along with increasing the use of literacy. Dr. Moje research calls for secondary literacy to focus more on literacy than on the subject matter. She hopes that all policy makers, administrators, teachers and researchers engage in a well design curriculum that allow students quality instruction with proven skills that will increase literacy throughout secondary education.
ReplyDeleteAs a point of clarification, Dr. Moe did NOT advocate emphasizing literacy over subject matter, she advocated the teaching of literary skills within subject areas that are authentic to that subject area.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Brian. Her focus was how to be literate thinkers across many subject areas. The more adaptive in terms of literacy students are, the more successful they will be
ReplyDeleteI think your reaction is precisely what Dr. Moje meant in the article and podcast. I think that it is a little more difficult for newer teachers to understand her position but it is necessary for educators to understand the diehard need for literacy in the classroom across content areas. I do agree that she does emphasize the need for literacy skills within a particular subject area.
ReplyDeleteI agree that Dr. Moye’s article reminds us to continue to think outside of the box as far as teaching and instruction are concerned. I am sure that after having experienced the instruction from this classroom that we too will be better able to incorporate the use of the current technology within our classrooms as well.
ReplyDeleteI am often left asking, after reading such an article, “Okay, sounds great, but where’s the instruction manual that outlines the processes, and the examples of lesson plans or curricula that foster such recommendations?” Then, I remember, it’s up to me and my active response such as searching for myself or debating among others about such recommendations that will lead to clarification, only.
ReplyDeleteI do believe does want us as educators to dually incorporate literacy instruction as well as materials from a specific subject. I think that learing should be done more on a hands-on basis rather than pencil and paper.
ReplyDeleteI lke your thoughts and may I add that if we can build a bridge that will keep the material that the teachers use to modify or accommodate students to learn literacy in their classrooms we could be on point to a better pedagogy. But the drawback is that literacy (critical literacy)or as you put it primary or secondary source can be very emotional for certain students like abortion issues, racism, child obesity, etc. What is too much when we want to stimulate students to engage the lesson? Next, critical literacy can be hard for math teachers to find so what is left for them to engage and hook their students to literacy and mathematics?
ReplyDeleteYour comments highlight what Dr. Moje hopes to accomplish through her article and research and that is a collective cooperation. As we work together we can all expand our understanding. As Mr. Kal stated earlier there is no instruction manual, but may be that will be one of our responsibility. I am excusing myself from that assignment.
ReplyDeleteI strongly believe that artifacts outside of textbooks can greatly help our students learn. Even with test scores the main focus, educators can find a way to use these sources to help our students learn. No two students learn the same way, so using a variety of materials to help students learn
ReplyDeleteMoje's "idea" of using multiple literacy medias really shouldnt be a novel idea to most. But as common teaching practice to engage multiple faceted learners. The multiple medias also allow you to spark interest in off shoot topics of the main texts.
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