Reconciling Disciplinary Literacy Perspectives With Genre‐Oriented Activity Theory: Toward a Fuller Synthesis of Traditions

A persisting gap in the field of disciplinary literacy is lack of conceptual clarity around the term discipline . In this theoretical article, the author explains some concerns with existing definitional imprecision and argues that genre‐oriented activity theory offers a way to reconceptualize the focus of disciplinary literacy, especially in relation to academic, professional, and other literacies. The author provides an overview of Rhetorical...