literacy engagement, classroom talk, and college and career preparedness
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Literacy Engagement, Classroom Talk, and College and Career Preparedness. Gay Ivey University of Wisconsin, Madison. The state of school engagement. S teady decline over the school years, with particular road bumps during transitions to middle and high school (Dotterer et al. 2009). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Literacy Engagement, Classroom Talk, and College and Career Preparedness
Gay IveyUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison
The state of school engagement
• Steady decline over the school years, with particular road bumps during transitions to middle and high school (Dotterer et al. 2009).
• Strongest decline among racial minorities, boys, and low socioeconomic groups (Wigfield, Eccles, Schiefele, Roeser, & Davis- Kean, 2006).
The state of reading engagement:
• Reading engagement is identified as a tool for improving reading achievement
• Disengagement in reading is a persistent problem nationally
• U.S. ranks 38th out of 40 nations in terms of reading interest and engagement (PIRLS)
• Current reform efforts focus on cognitive skill and strategy instruction and increasing text complexity to boost achievement (CCSS)
Linked to school engagement:
• Academic achievement• Cognitive strategy use• Attendance• Graduation• Academic resilience• Expanded social regulation• Social competence • Protective factors against problematic social behaviors
(drug and alcohol abuse; risky sexual behaviors)
Some ways people think about reading and engagement
• Engagement begets more reading which begets greater fluency which begets greater comprehension (e.g. Hank et al., 2010)
• Engagement is created through a combination of interest, self-efficacy, and cognitive strategy use (Guthrie et al., 1996)
• Engagement is about the individual experience• Engagement is a tool for improving reading
achievement (Guthrie & Wigfield, 2000)
Another way to think about reading and engagement
• Reading is a dialogic, relational activity (Langer, 1995; Lysaker, 2011; Rosenblatt, 1938/1983)
• Reading is a tool for constructing self and sense of others
• Engagement is social• Engagement is related to the development of the
whole person
A shift to engaging books
• Daily self-selected, self-paced reading• No strings attached (e.g., projects, reports,
response journals)• Beginning-of-the-year BOOKFEST• Rotating collections• Edgy young adult literature (difficult topics,
moral uncertainties)
Consequences
Shifts/Expansion of:
• Identity• Agency/autonomy• Social imagination• Self-regulation• Expanded knowledge• Engagement• Happiness
• Intellectual stance• Moral stance• Response• Talk about books• Relationship• Community• Test scores
Engagement and the things we worry about….
• Academic language/vocabulary (e.g., limitation, benefit, process)
• Reading “dense” texts• Writing• Research