Giving Our Children a Fighting Chance: Effective Approaches to Reading Comprehension Instruction

Free Public Lecture:  MSVU   

Susan Neuman, Professor of Childhood and Literacy Education, New York University / Steinhardt

 

 Dr. Neuman will outline factors that influence access to resources and supports for early literacy development. She will discuss instructional approaches to create independent readers through improving children’s background knowledge, vocabulary and conceptual development.

 

Dr. Neuman’s research interests include literacy, early childhood policy, curriculum, and reading instruction for children who live in poverty. In her role as U.S. Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, Neuman established the Early Reading First program. She has published extensively, including the Handbook of Early Literacy Research,Changing the Odds for Children at Risk (2009), Giving Our Children a Fighting Chance: Poverty, Literacy, and the Development of Information Capital (2012), and All About Words: Increasing Vocabulary in the Common Core Classroom, Pre-K Through Grade 2 (2013).

 

 

Wednesday May 13^th , 5- 7 pm

Rosaria Student Centre

Multipurpose Room – 3^rd Floor

MSVU