Breakthroughs in College Reading: The Promises and Tensions of Disciplinary Reading Apprenticeships [Paperback]

How do we help college students become independent learners in their disciplines? In this collection, the editors and contributors argue that we do so by supporting students in learning from texts, which entails recognizing reading as a problem-solving process, supporting students to take responsibility for the intellectual work in their classes, and creating strong classroom communities that help students develop identities as scholars.This collection offers snapshots and reflections on teaching reading in disciplinary contexts, grounded in threshold concept theory and the experiences of practitioners. Chapters describe activities, routines, and practices that help students struggle successfully with academic reading.

Nelson Graff
A former high-school English teacher, Nelson taught English Education from 2000-2015 and is now retired from teaching first-year composition and working with faculty across the disciplines in improving reading and writing instruction. He is a member of the steering committee for the CSU Expository Reading and Writing Curriculum (ERWC) and the CSU English Council. His research focuses on teaching for transfer of learning, reading and writing pedagogy, and assessment. He has a BA in English from San Jos? State University, an MA in English and American Literature and a PhD in Composition Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Nika Hogan
Nika Hogan is a Professor of English at Pasadena City College (PCC). She helped to develop the First Year Pathways program at PCC, which was awarded the California Community Colleges Chancellors Office Award for a Student Success Initiative. Since an intensive period of learning and apprenticeship from 2007-2010, she has coordinated the college level work on Reading Apprenticeship for WestEd. From 2011-2023, she supported the California Community Colleges Success network (3CSN) to design and facilitate professional learning for educators across the 116 California communitylÃ]