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Gregory, Kristen H.; Bean, Thomas W. – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2021
This case study investigated disciplinary literacy specific to the trades from a sociocultural perspective. Four community college faculty (diesel marine technology, mechatronics, and mathematics) participated in a disciplinary literacy learning community where they unpacked the discourse of their discipline, identified what it meant to be a…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Intellectual Disciplines, Multiple Literacies
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Walker, Nancy T.; Bean, Thomas W. – Reading Research and Instruction, 2005
The purpose of this study was to explore how three secondary content area teachers used and viewed multiple texts in their classrooms. A sociocultural perspective guided data collection, including: observation, interviews, and collection of text-related school documents, such as assignments and evidence of texts used during instruction. The data…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Case Studies, Instructional Materials