Heather Lattimer draws on Literacies of Disciplines: An NCTE Policy Research Brief and stories from high school classrooms to illustrate how we can learn to recognize the unique languages and literacy structures represented by various disciplines and then help our students both navigate within individual disciplines and travel among them. Lattimer explores instructional practices grounded in real-world contexts that provide students with opportunities to approximate the kinds of reading, writing, listening, and speaking that occur in the world beyond school.

Heather Lattimer is an associate professor of education and chair of the Department of Learning and Teaching in the School of Leadership and Education Sciences at the University of San Diego. A former middle and high school teacher, she holds credentials in three content areas: history/social science, mathematics, and English language arts. Lattimer has previously published four books, including Thinking through Genre: Units of Study in Reading and Writing Workshops 4-12 (2003) and Reading for Learning: Using Discipline-Based Texts to Build Content Knowledge (2010). A nationally recognized speaker and consultant, her scholarly work focuses on secondary literacy, disciplinary literacy, teacher education, and international education. Lattimer has earned degrees from Harvard University, Stanford University, and theUniversity of California, San Diego.