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SUMMARY:Web seminar presented by Dr. Pat Edwards and Dr. Susan Piazza: Glocan Conversations to Literacy
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 In this presentation, Drs. Edwards and Piazza 
 will discuss the importance of the family in 
 the literacy support of children's learning. 
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 Please join us for GCLR's next free and open-access 
 web seminar presented by Dr. Pat Edwards 
 and Dr. Susan Piazza on February 17, at 
 7:00 p.m. USA (New York time zone): "The Impact 
 of Family on Literacy Development: Convergence, 
 Controversy, and Instructional Implications". 
 We hope you will share this information 
 with colleagues, students, and others who 
 may be interested. In this presentation, Drs. 
 Edwards and Piazza will discuss the importance 
 of the family in the literacy support of children's 
 learning. In their talk, these scholars 
 will focus on the agreements and disagreements 
 within the research community regarding 
 how to work with families around literacy issues. 
 Specifically, this presentation (1) highlights 
 the areas of convergence around the 
 impact of the family on literacy development, 
 (2) defines the different courses of action 
 for working with families, (3) presents support 
 statements from researchers for the different 
 courses of action, (4) discusses key studies,) 
 and (5) issues new challenges to the research 
 community. Please access our website at 
 http://globalconversationsinliteracy.wordpress.com 
 to access further details about these 
 scholars and their web seminar. We hope to see 
 you on at this seminar! \n
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 Price: free\n
 Sponsor: Administration\n
 Sponsor's Homepage: http://events.msu.edu/education/\n
 Contact name: Sierra VanDenHeuvel\n
 Contact phone: (517) 355-1741\n
 Contact email: vandenh8@msu.edu\n
 for more info visit the web at:\n 
 http://globalconversationsinliteracy.wordpress.com 
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LOCATION:http://globalconversationsinliteracy.wordpress.com
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