Conversations with international experts.
Talking Literacy features conversations with international experts as they share some of their acquired knowledge, key discoveries and thoughts for the future. These interviews (conducted by AUSPELD President Mandy Nayton) are essential viewing for teachers, administrators, speech pathologists, psychologists and parents wanting to learn more about evidence-informed practice in the fields of literacy, numeracy and learning.
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Series 2
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Talking Literacy
with:
Kathy Rastle, Anne Castles & Kate Nation
(Released 17 March 2021)
Kathy, Anne and Kate recently won the 2020 Economic and Social Research Council Celebrating Impact Prize in the category of ‘Outstanding International Impact,’ based on their highly regarded 2018 paper focused on bringing the science of reading to reading instruction in classrooms around the world.
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Talking Literacy
with:
William Van Cleave
(Released 31 March 2021)
William Van Cleave is in private practice as an educational consultant whose specialties include morphology and written expression. An internationally recognized speaker, he has presented on effective teaching practices at conferences and schools since 1995.
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Talking Literacy
with:
Julie Washington
(Released 14 April 2021)
Dr. Washington is a Professor in the School of Education at the University of California – Irvine (UCI). She is a Speech-Language Pathologist and is a Fellow of the American Speech Language Hearing Association.
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Talking Literacy
with:
Natalie Wexler
(Released 28 April 2021)
Natalie Wexler is an education writer and the author of The Knowledge Gap: The Hidden Cause of America’s Broken Education System and How to Fix It. She is also the co-author with Judith Hochman of The Writing Revolution: A Guide to Advancing Thinking Through Writing in All Subjects and Grades. Her articles and essays on education and other topics have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Atlantic, and many other publications
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Talking Literacy
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David Kilpatrick
(Released 12 May 2021)
David Kilpatrick is a Professor of Psychology for the State University of New York College of Cortland. He is a New York state certified school psychologist with 28 years of experience in schools. He has been teaching courses in learning disabilities and educational psychology since 1994.
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Talking Literacy
with:
Maria Murray
(Released 26 May 2021)
Dr Maria Murray is the CEO and President of the Reading League, a vitally important not for profit organisation which promotes the science of reading, based in New York state, USA.Prior to founding the Reading League, Dr Murray was an Associate Professor at the State University of New York, where she taught courses related to literacy assessment and intervention for 10 years.
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Talking Literacy
with:
Prof. Stanislas Dehaene
(Released 9 June 2021)
Professor Stanislas Dehaene is one of Europe’s leading neuroscientists. For over 30 years, he has been studying the subtle and not-so-subtle changes that occur in the brain as learning takes place. This knowledge has implications for teachers, psychologists, speech pathologists, and anyone involved in, or interested in education.
Series 1
Webinars from the first Talking Literacy series can be found below.
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Talking Literacy
with:
Carl Hendrick
(Released 22 September 2020)
Carl Hendrick is the co-author of two books – ‘What Does This Look Like in the Classroom: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice’ and ‘How Learning Happens – Seminal Works in Educational Psychology and What They Mean in Practice’ (which he co-authored with Paul Kirschner).
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Talking Literacy
with:
Louisa Moats
(Released 29 September 2020)
Dr. Louisa Moats has been a teacher, psychologist, researcher, graduate school faculty member, and author of many influential scientific journal articles, books, and policy papers on the topics of reading, spelling, language, and teacher preparation. Louisa is most well known for her research and writing in the area of reading acquisition and the importance of teacher knowledge and preparation.
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Talking Numeracy
with:
Daniel Ansari
(Released 6 October 2020)
Professor Daniel Ansari is a developmental psychologist and developmental cognitive neuroscientist. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Brain & Mind Institute at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, where he is the Principle Investigator of the Numerical Cognition Laboratory.
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Talking Literacy
with:
Kate Nation
(Released 13 October 2020)
Professor Kate Nation is an experimental psychologist and a recognised expert on language and literacy development in school age children. She is a Professor of Experimental Psychology and Fellow of St. John’s College of the University of Oxford, where she directs the ReadOxford project and the Language and Cognitive Development Research Group.
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Talking Literacy
with:
Paul Kirschner
(Released 20 October 2020)
Paul A. Kirschner is an Emeritus Professor of Educational Psychology at the Open University of the Netherlands and a guest Professor at the Thomas More University of Applied Sciences in Belgium. He is an internationally recognised expert in the fields of educational psychology and instructional design. Paul recently co-authored the book How Learning Happens: Seminal Works in Educational Psychology with Carl Hendrick.
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Talking Literacy
with:
Pamela Snow
(Released 27 October 2020)
Pamela Snow is a registered psychologist, having originally qualified in speech pathology. She combines these two specialist areas very successfully in the fields of language and literacy acquisition and evidence-informed practice. Pamela is currently a Professor of Cognitive Psychology in the School of Education at La Trobe University.
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Talking Literacy
with:
Pie Corbett
(Released 3 November 2020)
Pie Corbett is an English educational trainer, writer, author and poet who has written more than two hundred books. He is now best known for creating the Talk for Writing approach to learning, which is widely used within schools in the UK and Australia.
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Talking Literacy
with:
Emily Hanford
(Released 10 November 2020)
Emily Hanford is a senior correspondent and producer for APM Reports. She has been working in public media for more than two decades as a reporter, producer, editor, news director and program host. Her work has appeared on National Public Radio, The New York Times, Washington Monthly, the Los Angeles Times, PBS Newshour and in many other publications.
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Talking Literacy
with:
Mark Seidenberg
(Released 17 November 2020)
Dr. Mark Seidenberg is Vilas Research Professor and Donald O. Hebb Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a cognitive scientist, neuroscientist and psycholinguist who has studied language, reading and dyslexia for more than 30 years.