AN INQUIRY MODEL FOR LITERACY ACROSS THE CURRICULUM

After two decades of intense research on reading, a number of teachers and researchers are beginning to ask whether a narrow focus on readin g distorts our view of leaning and whether a curriculum centred on rea ding constrains what can be done in the classroom. Because of these co ncerns, many have turned to literacy across the curriculum approaches. This report explores three models for the relation of literacy to lar ger curricular concerns: a Skills Model, an Instrumental Model and an Inquiry Model. It explores in some depth the Inquiry Model's conceptio n of the role of reading and writing within learning. A possible reali zation of this model is suggested through a detailed look at one colle ge class session.