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Richard C. Owen Publishers Inc. Hosts An Online Discussion Revisiting the Conditions Of Learning with noted Australian educator and international scholar Brian Cambourne When: February 4-7, 2008 Where: The Learning Network Listserve Cost: No Charge—It is FREE We are pleased to offer this opportunity for educators to join in an in-depth online conversation with author and scholar, Brian Cambourne, to explore the conditions of learning and the implications for teacher practice. The discussion will be based on an article Brian published in 1995 entitled "Towards an educationally relevant theory of literacy learning: Twenty years of inquiry." (Reading Teacher, 1995 49, (3) pp. 182-192.), which the International Reading Association has graciously agreed to post at the IRA website for a limited period of time. We invite all classroom teachers, administrators, and staff developers to be part of the conversation. ● Participate in a learning discussion with colleagues and a respected international educator ● Explore the conditions that enhance and support learning ● Ask questions of Brian Cambourne about how his thinking has evolved and changed regarding the conditions of learning ● Identify practical solutions regarding literacy instruction To participate in the discussion, you must be subscribed to TLN Listserve and you are strongly encouraged to access the article and read it prior to the conversation. All you have to do is subscribe to The Learning Network listserve to get the email correspondence between Brian and all the educators on the listserve. To become subscribed click TLN discussions and fill out the form. If you are new to TLN, please visit the online discussion page at the website for transcripts of previous discussions. If you have any questions about the discussion, or need further assistance with accessing or using the TLN listerve, please contact us at: 800/262-0787 M-F 9:00 am to 5:00 pm EST.	Professional Books We encourage you to visit the RCO website to consider our professional books for individual study, faculty group discussion, and college course adoption. Want to know more about Brian Cambourne? For more than 30 years Australian educator Brian Cambourne has been a teacher, researcher, and advocate for effective literacy teaching and learning. Much of his research has been conducted in a naturalistic mode by observing in classrooms. That research led to the publication in 1988 of The Whole Story: Natural Learning and the acquisition of Literacy in the Classroom. In this seminal work, Brian articulated a set of conditions for learning that has influenced the way a generation of teachers looks at the classroom environment. Brian Cambourne was given the inaugural Garth Boomer Award, he was the second Australian to be inducted into the International Reading Association’s Reading Hall of Fame, and he has been awarded the Outstanding Educator in Language Arts by the National Council of Teachers of English. To access the article, "Towards an educationally relevant theory of literacy learning: Twenty years of inquiry" click on this link. In addition, the article is available in the book, Distinguished Educators on Reading: Contributions that Have shaped Effective Literacy Instruction (Editors Nancy D. Padak, Timothy V. Rasinski, Jacqueline K. Peck, Brenda Weible Church, Gay Fawcett, Judith Hendershot, Justina M. Henry, Barbara Moss, Elizabeth (Betsy) Pryor, Kathleen A. Roskos, James F. Baumann, Deborah R. Dillon, Carol J. Hopkins, Jack W. Humphrey, and David G. O’Brien, editors), published in 2000 by IRA.
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