Habits of Practice

Abstract

Abstract In recent years, disciplinary literacy has been at the forefront of adolescent literacy research and practice but has largely focused on the four core content areas: English language arts, social studies, science, and mathematics. Drawing on a physical education lens, this article is a call to expand the definitions, approaches, and framework of disciplinary literacy by examining three critical issues for disciplinary literacy: focus on the disciplinary expert (i.e., thinking like a historian, a mathematician, a scientist, etc.), emphasis on cognition over other forms of engagement and disciplinary practice, and notions of student participation and activity.