36 Интернационална Конференция
на Ирландската Асоциация по четене
From Literacy Research to Classroom Practice:
Insights and Inspiration
Marino Institute of Education, Дъблин
27 – 29 Септември 2012
Official opening by President of Ireland, Michael D. Higgins
CALL FOR PAPERS
RAI invites proposals for papers and workshops for its 36th annual international conference. The theme of this year’s conference is “From Literacy Research to Classroom Practice: Insights and Inspiration”. The conference will explore research and practice on the following topics:
- Best practice in the teaching and study of literacy
- Promoting children’s literature in schools
- Reading and writing communities in classrooms
- Whole school approaches to literacy development
- Literacy across the curriculum
- Children’s oral language development
- New literacies: using digital tools to enhance literacy
- Classroom-based assessment for literacy
- Research-based best practice for children with literacy difficulties
- Challenges and opportunities in today’s changing classrooms
- Adolescent, family and community literacy
- Motivation and engagement
- Muineadh agus measúnú na Gaeilge
- Literacy in Teacher Education
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Dr. Frank Serafini, Associate Professor of Literacy Education and Children s Literature at Arizona State University.
Dr. Áine Cregan, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick.
Proposals for papers (150-300 words) should be emailed by May 11th 2012 to raiconference@gmail.com (with ‘Proposals 2012’ in the subject line).
Reading Association of Ireland, c/o Educational Research Centre,
St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
www.reading.ie