International Reading Association (IRA)
Keynote speeches, conference papers, symposia and workshops since 2000
18th International Reading Association - World Congress 2000
July 11-14th 2000 - Auckland, New Zealand - Peer reviewed seminar
“Our Little Book of Riyms”: teaching onset, rime and analogy through rhymes, jingles, poems, literature and book making.
19th International Reading Association - World Congress 2002
29th July – 2nd August 2002 Edinburgh, Scotland Peer reviewed seminar
Children as Agents of Social Change: Exploring Anthony Browne’s “A Walk in the Park” and “Voices in the Park” from a socially critical perspective
46th International Reading Association - Annual Convention 2001
April 29 - May 4th 2001 - New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Full day research institute – peer reviewed
8 international speakers
The Writing Classroom: Aspects of writing with 3 to 12 year old children.
48th International Reading Association - Annual Convention 2003
May 4-8th 2003 - Orlando, Florida USA - (Peer reviewed seminar)
Children Responding Critically to Picture Story Texts
49th International Reading Association - Annual Convention 2004
9th – 13th May 2004 - Reno, Nevada, USA
Full day research institute - refereed proposal
10 international speakers
Many Kinds of Texts, Many Kinds of Readers: Reconceptualising Readers and Reading
49th International Reading Association - Annual Convention 2004
9th – 13th May 2004 - Reno, Nevada, USA
Symposium - refereed proposal
Janet Evans and Shelley Xu Assistant Professor University of California
Critical Literacy and Popular Culture: Lessons from Children’s Interactions With Popular Culture Texts in the United States and in the United Kingdom
51st International Reading Association - Annual Convention 2006
May 2006 - Chicago, Illinois, USA
Symposium – refereed proposal
6 international speakers
Responding Critically to Texts: Critical Literacy in the Elementary Classroom