Memories of Marie : Reflections on the Life and Work of Marie Clay
by Clay, JennyFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-05-29
Publisher(s): Heinemann
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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.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 9 |
| From the Beginning | |
| Early Life | p. 12 |
| About Marie Clay | p. 38 |
| Marie Clay's Contribution to the Teaching of Reading | p. 42 |
| Border Crossings | p. 49 |
| The University of Auckland | |
| The Journey to Professor | p. 52 |
| 'Marie Clay, Professor of Education' | p. 54 |
| Viviane Robinson Talks About Marie Clay as Mentor | p. 57 |
| Marie Round About 51 | p. 62 |
| A Colleague: based on an interview with Nicholas Tarling | p. 65 |
| A Student's Tribute | p. 68 |
| What I Learned from Marie | p. 74 |
| The Journey to Reading Recovery in New Zealand and Australia | |
| Marie Clay's Contribution to ERIC | p. 79 |
| The Beginnings of Reading Recovery | p. 82 |
| Interview with Terry Walbran | p. 85 |
| The Complete Professor | p. 87 |
| Marie Clay - Agent of Change | p. 90 |
| From the Eighties | |
| During the Eighties | p. 94 |
| Remembering Marie's Year at Oxford | p. 95 |
| 'New Zealand Providing Lead in Reading Instruction' | p. 97 |
| Marie Clay's Career-long Work for Maori Children's Literacy | p. 98 |
| 'There is Nothing Like a Dame' | p. 102 |
| The Institute of Education, University of London | |
| Professor Dame Marie Clay | p. 105 |
| Reading Recovery Comes to London | p. 108 |
| Listening to Marie | p. 110 |
| The Return of the Pioneer: Marie Clay in UK and Ireland | p. 114 |
| International Reading Association | |
| Marie M. Clay: Educator and Friend, Fondly Remembered | p. 120 |
| 'To Play Them in Bunches', a poem by Glenn Coats | p. 126 |
| Marie Clay and the Saskatchewan Connection | p. 128 |
| The New Zealand Reading Association and Marie Clay: Some Personal Reflections | p. 130 |
| About a Map of the World | p. 132 |
| Marie Clay: A Legend in Her Own Time | p. 133 |
| Marie's Gift to the IRA Board | p. 136 |
| The USA and Canada | |
| Marie Clay at Texas Woman's University | p. 138 |
| Two News Letters from Marie in Ohio, 1984 | p. 145 |
| What Would Marie Say? | p. 150 |
| Contacts with Marie | p. 152 |
| The Pioneering Achievements of Marie Clay | p. 155 |
| Marie, Maribeth, Metacognition, Margaritas, and Memories | p. 160 |
| Adventures Above the Arctic Circle: Marie Clay Visits Reading Recovery in Alaska | p. 164 |
| Expanding Perception, Sharpening Focus: Reflections on the Influence of Marie Clay | p. 166 |
| An Audience of One | p. 170 |
| Marie Clay: A Brilliant and Visionary Mentor | p. 173 |
| The Legacy of Marie Clay: Influencing Education in Manitoba | p. 176 |
| Marie Clay: A Canadian Perspective | p. 181 |
| Personal Reflection about Marie M. Clay: Back Stories from Stirring the Waters | p. 183 |
| Reflections on Lessons Learned | p. 185 |
| Language, Writings and Translation | |
| The Bermuda Connection | p. 190 |
| About Marie's Books | p. 192 |
| The Well-worn Book: The Continuing Legacy of What Did I Write? | p. 194 |
| Early Writing from Hattie | p. 197 |
| Quadruplets and Higher Multiple Births | p. 198 |
| A Tribute to Dame Marie Clay, Whose Writing Changed My Life | p. 202 |
| Marie Clay - Her Influence on My Work and Some Personal Memories | p. 209 |
| Conversations with Marie Clay | p. 212 |
| Learning to Read and Write...and Talk: The Wide Scope of Reading Recovery/Intervention Préventive en Lecture-écriture | p. 215 |
| Marie Clay's Work in Irish | p. 219 |
| Danish Concepts About Print: A Return Journey 1982-2005 | p. 221 |
| Marie Clay's Influence in Greece: The Development of Concepts About Print in Greek | p. 226 |
| T&abar;u Mahi E Iti Kahurangi - Well Done, Oh Little Treasure | p. 229 |
| Marie's Legacy | |
| International Acumen and the Triumph of Communication | p. 234 |
| Reading Recovery Trademark Holders | p. 239 |
| Sailing Sampler for Marie Clay | p. 240 |
| Marie's Legacy in Pictures | p. 242 |
| Book Ladies: Margaret Mahy, Marie Clay and Joy Cowley | p. 249 |
| Marie Clay - A Tribute to an Enduring Scholar | p. 250 |
| Marie and New Zealand Reading Recovery | p. 253 |
| Letter from a Former Student, Maris O'Rourke | p. 256 |
| Letter from Connie Briggs | p. 258 |
| Epilogue | p. 259 |
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