Jim Rose LDA Seminar DVD now available

The DVD of the LDA Seminar on Effective Reading Instruction for All: National and International Perspectives, held in Melbourne on 23 September 2009, is now available. The DVD has been distributed free to members of LDA, and copies are also available for purchase.
 
There are two discs in the DVD set. The first disc provides a record of the four main papers presented at the Seminar, by speakers Sir Jim Rose, Professor Barry McGaw, Dr Kerry Hempenstall and John Fleming, as well as the opening address by Professor Geoff Masters.
 
The second disc comprises a record of the Panel Discussion that followed the main presentations.
 
Disc 1
Running time 3 hours 23 minutes.
 
The contents of the first disc are as follows:
 
Professor Geoff Masters, Chief Executive Officer, ACER
Opening Address
 
Sir Jim Rose, C.B.E., F.R.S.A.
Policy and practice in the teaching of reading in primary schools in England
 
Professor Barry McGaw, AO, PhD
The place of reading in the Australian National Curriculum.
 
Dr Kerry Hempenstall
Confluence: Commonalities across literacy reports from USA, Great Britain, and Australia.
 
John Fleming 
Effective Reading Instruction Case Studies - Bellfield Primary School and Haileybury College
 
Disc 2
Running time 2 hours 30 minutes.
 
The second disc covers the various topics that were covered in the Panel Discussion, including a discussion of provisions for students with reading difficulties in the school system, dyslexia and reading difficulties, categorical and non-categorical approaches to the definition of reading difficulty, the response to intervention model, effective teaching of reading, and implications for teacher training.
 
Panel Discussants included our main speakers, together with invited discussants Professor Margot Prior, Professor Tom Nicholson, Dr Daryl Greaves, Dr Nola Firth, and Ms Yvonne Meyer.
 
Copies of the DVD may be ordered from Kerrie McMahon, at ldaquery@bigpond.net.au, or phone (03) 9890 6138, at a cost of $30 plus postage and packing.

For further information regarding the visit of Sir Jim Rose, and other Seminar and Conference presentations, click here.