Memories of Marie : reflections on the life and work of Marie Clay / compiled by Jenny Clay.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clay, Jenny.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clay, Marie M.

Children--Language.

Children.

Language arts (Early childhood).

Reading (Early childhood).

Physical Description:

259 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, [2009]

Summary:

From the age of 25, when she first travelled beyond New Zealand on a Fulbright Scholarship to the United States, Marie Clay worked to establish international connections, while keeping her base in her homeland.

Marie Clay joined the Education Department of the University of Auckland, New Zealand, in 1960, and there helped to create the new Diploma of Educational Psychology. In 1968, the year after she was awarded a doctorate for her thesis Emergent Reading Behaviour, she was an invited speaker in Copenhagen at the 2nd World Congress in Reading. Seven years later she became the first woman professor at the University of Auckland, and was appointed Head of the Education Department.

Marie Clay developed a system of early intervention, called Reading Recovery, to help children who were having the most difficulty reading. During the 1980s Reading Recovery was established nationwide in New Zealand, and rapidly expanded into Australia, and the United States, and later into Canada. In 1987 she was listed in the Queen's Honours and became Dame Marie Clay. After her retirement from the University of Auckland in 1991, she helped to establish a Reading Recovery course for Tutors and teachers at the University of London, beginning the implementation in the United Kingdom. The following year Marie Clay became the first non-North American President of the International Reading Association. Her many books on literacy for teachers, researchers, students and parents are used around the world.

In 1994 Marie Clay was named New Zealander of the Year, and in 1999 in a survey of the National Reading Conference of America, she was voted the most influential person in the field of literacy over the previous three decades. Marie made a difference to millions of children learning to read and write. She was a teacher, researcher, writer, theorist and practitioner; and also a person who enjoyed music, theatre, opera, craftwork, and good design. At her death in early 2007 there was an international response to the loss.

In this book, people write about their interactions with Marie Clay, their shared experiences and history, and the influence of her work on them. Her early life, before she became well-known, is also described, with some contributions from her friends. The stories span the globe from New Zealand to Australia, Bermuda, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Asia, Denmark and Greece, crossing over boundaries of nations and language within the field of literacy.

Contents:

From the Beginning

Early Life 12

About Marie Clay / Dorothy Butler 38

Marie Clay's Contribution to the Teaching of Reading / Warwick Elley 42

Border Crossings / Ann Ballantyne 49

The University of Auckland

The Journey to Professor 52

'Marie Clay, Professor of Education' / Anne Lloyd 54

Viviane Robinson Talks About Marie Clay as Mentor 57

Marie Round About 51 / Andrew Sharp 62

A Colleague: based on an interview with Nicholas Tarling 65

A Student's Tribute / Seok Moi Ng 68

What I Learned from Marie / Stuart McNaughton 74

The Journey to Reading Recovery in New Zealand and Australia

Marie Clay's Contribution to ERIC / Shirley Nalder 79

The Beginnings of Reading Recovery / Barbara Watson 82

Interview with Terry Walbran 85

The Complete Professor / Peter Hunt 87

Marie Clay - Agent of Change / Joan Smith 90

From the Eighties

During the Eighties 94

Remembering Marie's Year at Oxford / Lynette Bradley 95

'New Zealand Providing Lead in Reading Instruction' 97

Marie Clay's Career-long Work for Maori Children's Literacy / Courtney B. Cazden 98

'There is Nothing Like a Dame' 102

The Institute of Education, University of London

Professor Dame Marie Clay / Barbara MacGilchrist 105

Reading Recovery Comes to London / Peter Mortimore 108

Listening to Marie / Angela Hobsbaum 110

The Return of the Pioneer: Marie Clay in UK and Ireland / Julia Douëtil 114

International Reading Association

Marie M. Clay: Educator and Friend, Fondly Remembered / Carl Braun 120

'To Play Them in Bunches', a poem by Glenn Coats 126

Marie Clay and the Saskatchewan Connection / Lori Jamison Rog 128

The New Zealand Reading Association and Marie Clay: Some Personal Reflections / Heather Bell 130

About a Map of the World / Alan E. Farstrup 132

Marie Clay: A Legend in Her Own Time / Linda B. Gambrell 133

Marie's Gift to the IRA Board 136

The USA and Canada

Marie Clay at Texas Woman's University / Margaret M. Griffin, Billie J. Askew 138

Two News Letters from Marie in Ohio, 1984 145

What Would Marie Say? / Peter Johnston 150

Contacts with Marie / Celia Genishi 152

The Pioneering Achievements of Marie Clay / Gay Su Pinnell 155

Marie, Maribeth, Metacognition, Margaritas, and Memories / Maribeth C. Schmitt 160

Adventures Above the Arctic Circle: Marie Clay Visits Reading Recovery in Alaska / Margaret Ann (Peg) Gwyther 164

Expanding Perception, Sharpening Focus: Reflections on the Influence of Marie Clay / Noel K. Jones 166

An Audience of One / Robert M. Schwartz 170

Marie Clay: A Brilliant and Visionary Mentor / Carol Lyons 173

The Legacy of Marie Clay: Influencing Education in Manitoba / Irene Huggins 176

Marie Clay: A Canadian Perspective / Dianne Stuart 181

Personal Reflection about Marie M. Clay: Back Stories from Stirring the Waters / Janet S. Gaffney 183

Reflections on Lessons Learned / Emily Rodgers 185

Language, Writings and Translation

The Bermuda Connection / Elonda Stevens 190

About Marie's Books 192

The Well-worn Book: The Continuing Legacy of What Did I Write? / Ann Haas Dyson 194

Early Writing from Hattie 197

Quadruplets and Higher Multiple Births 198

A Tribute to Dame Marie Clay, Whose Writing Changed My Life / Beverley Randell 202

Marie Clay - Her Influence on My Work and Some Personal Memories / Ann Charlesworth 209

Conversations with Marie Clay / Yvonne Rodríguez 212

Learning to Read and Write...and Talk: The Wide Scope of Reading Recovery/Intervention Préventive en Lecture-écriture / Gisèle Bourque 215

Marie Clay's Work in Irish / Gabrielle Nig Uidhir 219

Danish Concepts About Print: A Return Journey 1982-2005 / Kirsten Wangebo 221

Marie Clay's Influence in Greece: The Development of Concepts About Print in Greek / Eufimia Tafa 226

Tāu Mahi E Iti Kahurangi - Well Done, Oh Little Treasure / Cath Rau 229

Marie's Legacy

International Acumen and the Triumph of Communication / Mary Anne Doyle 234

Reading Recovery Trademark Holders 239

Sailing Sampler for Marie Clay / Patricia R. Kelly 240

Marie's Legacy in Pictures 242

Book Ladies: Margaret Mahy, Marie Clay and Joy Cowley 249

Marie Clay - A Tribute to an Enduring Scholar / Bridie Raban 250

Marie and New Zealand Reading Recovery / Christine Boocock 253

Letter from a Former Student, Maris O'Rourke 256

Letter from Connie Briggs 258.

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references.

ISBN:

9780325026756

0325026750

OCLC:

311074472