February                                                                                                                                      2009    

                   Richard C. Owen Publishers Inc.
                             Hosts An Online Discussion

with
Ken Goodman,

An Open Letter to President Obama:
Hope for Literacy 

            When:    February 27-28, 2009
            Where:  The Learning Network Listserve
            Cost:      No Charge—It is FREE
            Join the discussion:  click  TLN discussions
                                                  and fill out the form
 

   This open letter to our new president was written with Yetta Goodman in part as
   the basis for a session offered at the recently completed IRA Conference in Phoenix,
   Arizona.  The letter explores how American education got to where we are today
   and offers policy makers a guide to where we can go from here.  Join the discussion. 
   Raise questions.  Offer your insights.  Participate.

   For a copy of the letter, click here. 

   Please share this invitation with your colleagues. To participate in the discussion,
   click TLN discussions.  If you are new to TLN online discussions please visit the
    online discussion page at www.rcowen.com for information and transcripts of
   previous discussions. 
                         
   Bio Information:

  Kenneth S. Goodman, Professor Emeritus, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
  Ed. D., University of California at Los Angeles

  Kenneth Goodman is a practical theorist, researcher and teacher educator whose
  work has changed our understanding of literacy processes, how they are learned
  and how best to teach them.

  His sociotransactional theory of the reading process is the most widely cited in
  the world. This research based theory demonstrates that reading is a unitary
  process in which readers actively construct meaning, that is they make sense of
  print. Goodman's theory is a macro view which is solidly built on linguistic,
  psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic concepts. It is a practical theory because
  teachers who come to understand this view of reading and the related view of
  writing can understand what it is that learners are doing as they develop
  literacy.

  Goodman is the author of numerous books on literacy published during the last 40
  years, including the book that defined a movement, What's Whole in Whole Language.

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