Jerome Harste, a professor at Indiana University and author of over 200 professional books, will speak Thursday during an afternoon workshop and an evening lecture titled: “Inquiry, Curriculum and Multiple Ways of Knowing: Literacy in a New Key.”

The workshop will give education students a hands-on demonstration that combines different school subjects without teaching them separately, said Peggy Eddy, a graduate assistant in the English department.

Harste, also known as “Jerry,” has written children’s books and was the 1999-2000 president of the National Council of Teachers of English.

“He’s incredibly impressive,” Eddy said. “He’s written over 200 books, and we think he will be someone worthwhile.”

The lecture is Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Life Science Building room 2080. It will come from Harste’s book, “Beyond Reading and Writing: Inquiry, Curriculum and Multiple Ways of Knowing” and will have activities based on the material he presents.

The English department and the Graduate Student Advisory Council are sponsoring both the workshop and lecture.

Though the lecture and workshop are open to everyone, those who will be most interested will be education students, Eddy said.

“Dr. Harste will present the students with a different approach at teaching literacy,” Eddy said.

The workshop will take place at 1:30 p.m. at the Rathskeller Balcony in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

The workshop has limited openings and will accept only 25 participants, Eddy said.