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JD in Literate Schools
Dec 7, 2017 · 5 min read

Is Science a Foreign Language?

As a science teacher is it my job to teach literacy to students or is that something the ELA teacher should teach? A lot of times teachers get stuck in their own field and standards that they dismiss other areas that should be addressed in order for a student to succeed all…

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JD in Literate Schools
Oct 25, 2017 · 5 min read

Can You Speak Science?

What does it mean to be literate in science? Typically literacy in science is when a student is asked to read from a textbook, article, or when they are expected to write a laboratory report (Smagorinsky, pg. 57). However according to Plaut, “reading, writing, speaking, and listening are…

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JD in Literate Schools
Sep 7, 2017 · 4 min read

Stepping Outside the Box

Is there a direct definition of what it means to be literate? According to James Paul Gee in Literacy and Education, literacy has different effects in different contexts and cultures (Gee, 2015, p.48). Context would include the setting of where the literacy is whether it is in a…

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