Rethinking preparation for content area teaching : the reading apprenticeship approach /

This book seeks to demystify the reading process for the content teacher, asserting that "reading in their discipline is learning their discipline, and therefore that teaching reading in their discipline is teaching their discipline." The Reading Apprenticeship approach is a research-based instructional framework that supports adolescents by embedded reading process instruction in subject area content. Through assignments and anecdotes, the authors assist the preservice teacher in connecting this research to the practice of developing an apprentice reading portfolio. The book clearly presents specific exercises to support readers in building a literate identity. Within interacting social, personal, cognitive, and knowledge-building dimensions, teachers and adolescent readers weave together subject area teaching and reading development. The assignments also pair teachers for metacognitive conversations across disciplinary divides. There is discussion of inquiry, diverse learners, alternative text sources, and text leveling. This book should prove extremely useful for reading classes, particularly those that focus on content reading; for inservice teachers as a model for classroom practice; and for nontraditional students who come to the classroom with strong content background but less awareness of the reading process. ^BSumming Up: Highly recommended. General readers and upper-division undergraduates and above. Very reader-friendly. D. L. Rhinesmith Truman State University