Introduction

Of recent, the field of literacy has shifted from focusing on talk in ways similar to howdeveloping generic literacy skills that can be used in content areas to learning to read, write, and a disciplinary expert would act (e.g., scientist, mathematician, or historian). At the same time there have been technological advances that make use of high-quality video affordable for both research and practice. The sixth volume, Video Research in Disciplinary Literacies, in the Literacy Research, Practice and Evaluation book series, provides a unique contribution to the growing body of research centered on disciplinary literacies in that scholars examine the use of video as a tool to explore (a) disciplinary literacies, (b) discourse and identities, and (c) innovative methodologies and frameworks for video analysis. This volume includes 18 chapters, divided into three parts. In each part, scholars contribute their expertise related to video research in disciplinary literacies.