FOR-PD Interview with Dr. Doug Fisher

Introduction: Douglas Fisher, Ph.D., is a Professor of Language and Literacy Education in the Department of Teacher Education at San Diego State University, the Co-Director for the Center for the Advancement of Reading at the California State University Chancellor’s office, and a classroom teacher at Health Sciences High & Middle College. He is the recipient of an International Reading Association Celebrate Literacy Award, the Farmer award for excellence in writing from the National Council of Teachers of English, as well as a Christa McAuliffe award for excellence in teacher education. He has published numerous articles on reading and literacy, differentiated instruction, and curriculum design as well as books, such as Creating Literacy-rich Schools for Adolescents (with Gay Ivey), Improving Adolescent Literacy: Strategies at Work (with Nancy Frey) and Teaching English Language Learners: A Differentiated Approach (with Carol Rothenberg). He has taught a variety of courses in SDSU’s teacher-credentialing program as well as graduate-level courses on English language development and literacy. An early intervention specialist and language development specialist, he has taught high school English, writing, and literacy development to public school students. He can be reached at dfisher@mail.sdsu.edu.

Interview Instructions:  The interview has been provided in both text and audio formats.  Click on Text under each heading to read the part of the interview that it corresponds with, or Audio to hear the same part of the interview.  The Audio is in MP3 format and the length and size is listed next to the link.   If you wish to download the entire interview in PDF format see the link under the headings.

• Summary of My Background
  Text  |  Audio (MP3: 44 sec, 698 KB)
   
• Adolescent Literacy
  Text  |  Audio (MP3: 1 min 18 sec, 1.2 MB)
   
• Reading Teachers
  Text  |  Audio (MP3: 2 min 20 sec, 2.15 MB)
   
• Content Area Strategies
  Text  |  Audio (MP3: 2 min 42 sec, 2.47 MB)
   
• Independent Reading
  Text  |  Audio (MP3: 1 min 14 sec, 1.13 MB)
   
• My Message for Teachers
  Text  |  Audio (MP3: 30 sec, 487 KB)
   

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