International Reading Association (IRA)
Keynote speeches, conference papers, symposia and workshops since 2000
52nd IRA Annual Convention 2007
Toronto, Canada May 2007
Academic symposium with 6 international speakers.
51st IRA Annual Convention 2006
Chicago, Illinois, USA May 2006
Symposium – 6 international speakers
Responding Critically to Texts: Critical Literacy in the Elementary Classroom
49th IRA Annual Convention 2004
Reno, Nevada, USA May 2004
Symposium - 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
49th IRA Annual Convention 2004
Reno, Nevada, USA May 2004
Full day research institute - 10 international speakers
Many Kinds of Texts, Many Kinds of Readers: Reconceptualising Readers and Reading
48th International Reading Association Annual Convention 2003
Orlando, Florida USA May 2003
Children Responding Critically to Picture Story Texts
19th International Reading Association World Congress 2002
Edinburgh, Scotland August 2002
Children as Agents of Social Change
46th IRA Annual Convention 2001
New Orleans, Louisiana USA April 2001
Full day research institute – 8 international speakers
The Writing Classroom: Aspects of writing with 3 to 12 year old children.
18th International Reading Association World Congress 2000
Auckland, New Zealand July 2000
“Our Little Book of Riyms”: teaching onset, rime and analogy through rhymes, jingles, poems, literature and book making.