When looking at education, literacy stands as arguably the most important ability to possess in both obtaining and providing education.  Literacy here means not just the ability to read, but also the ability to engage in discourse.  Discourse, as Gee defines it, means ways of combining and coordinating words, deeds, thoughts and other people to … Continue reading Discourses on Content Area Literacy, Disciplinary Literacy, and “Metadiscursivity”