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Literacy Studies @ The Ohio State University
An initiative 2004-
Interdisciplinary Studies of Literacy
Outreach
Public programming
(cross-campus outreach)
Literacy Event
Literacy Seminar (more formal, polished)
Literacy Forum (less formal)
Faculty literacy learning communities
Literacy Studies Working Group
Graduate student workshop
Student literacy research—grad & ugrad
Formal classroom teaching & learning
Minors/Interdisciplinary Specialization
Undergraduate
Graduate
Suite of courses
Literacy Studies @ OSU
parts & wholes
Integrated initiative
Explicit model of interdisciplinary studies
Distinctive, unique, original
Pressing contemporary issues reexamined in a perspective shaped by
an approach to literacy that is
critical, comparative, historical
Focus on multiple literacies
Cross campus connections
(literacies across the campus/curricululm [sic]}
Promoting teaching and research at all levels including student research
Internal External
Theory Practice
Interdisicplinary Studies of Literacy
An explicit model for interdisciplinary studies—research and teaching
Problem, question, conceptual emphasis
Founded in critique; aimed at revising expectations, theoretical frames,
and practices of reading & writing
Outreach
Cross campus and beyond campus
School-based, broadly defined, K-12, general and focus on specific groups
New initiatives, e.,g, adaption of Teen Chicago project
Adult literacy
OSU student, faculty, staff participation
Public programming
(cross-campus outreach)
Ongoing series of programs open to OSU and interesting persons from the community
Faculty and guest speaker forums, panels
Variety of approaches—2-3 per quarter
Literacy Event
Major speakers, panels, activities, mini-conferences with tight focus
Wide-range of interests & formats
1-2 per year
Literacy Seminar (more formal, polished)
Faculty & advanced graduate student presentations of research in progress
or just completed work
Regular scheduled meetings
Literacy Forum (less formal)
Faculty & students new projects, ideas, proposals, more give-and-take in
a (carefully maintained) mutually supportive constructive environment
Faculty literacy learning communities/discussion groups
Ongoing series of interest-based reading, discussion, and more targeted
action based groups, from very informal to well-defined
(the latter in conjunction with the Center for Teaching and Learning)
Literacy Studies Working Group
Core executive or steering group to provide stimulus,
agenda and planning, oversight
focus jointly on intellectual, planning, & administrative matters
Graduate student workshop
Student literacy research—graduate & undergraduate
Cross-campus and interdisicplinary
Support for student and joint faculty-student research
Formal classroom teaching & learning
Minors/Interdisciplinary Specialization
Undergraduate minor
Graduate interdisciplinary specialization
Suite of courses
Cross-campus, interdisciplinary, informally connected
(separate from formal designation)
Summary of Goals
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Making OSU distinctive and advanced with respect to institutionalized but also more diffused interests and activities relating to literacy studies
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Changing the conversation; changing dissemination; changing practice and challenging theory, expectations, policies
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Distinguishing OSU by cross campus efforts, by reciprocal concern to advance both theory and practice
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Rethinking and reconceptualizing literacy historically, comparatively, theoretically, differentially, critically—advances in both theory and practice mutually reshaping each other
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Fostering, promoting, and institutionalizing a different, historically grounded but also expansive and interdisciplinary approach to literacy studies--that is, to the study, understanding, teaching, and practice of literacy
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Beginning in the humanities, Literacy Studies @ OSU aims to foster a critical, cross-campus conversation and investigation into the nature of literacy and literacies
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Bringing historical, contextual, and critical perspective and modes of understanding together to stimulate new relationships institutionally and intellectually
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Stimulating new intellectual and curricular links across disciplines and disciplinary clusters across the University
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Making Ohio State University a leader in the development and practice of critical literacy(ies)
Literacy and OSU 2004-05
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OSU university-wide interest and support of literacy studies and literacy promotion, strengthened by President’s and Provost’s emphasis in expanding interdisciplinary research and teaching
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Rising interest across OSU in interdisciplinary studies of literacy
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Expansion of faculty with teaching and research expertise/interests in literacy, including the history of literacy
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Increasing student interest in literacy studies
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Renaming of Rhetoric and Composition to Rhetoric, Composition, and Literacy
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Cross-campus literacy inititiative: “Literacy Studies @ OSU”
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Likely development of undergraduate minor in Literacy Studies with one of its bases in English
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Possible development of graduate minor in Literacy Studies with one of its bases in English
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Cross listing of literacy courses with History, Comparative Studies, Education, and perhaps Social Sciences
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Importance of advanced training in literacy also benefits OSU’s important outreach activities.
