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2013 International Awards and Grants

 | Jul 11, 2013

At the IRA 58th Annual Convention in April 2013 in San Antonio, Texas, we gathered to celebrate our members from around the world. The following members and international affiliates were recognized for their service to the field of literacy. 

Constance McCullough Award

Carla Jean Raynor, A Growing and Developing Society— Intergenerational Learning with Families at the Core Bhutan

Global Volunteer Award

Dr. Anne Sustik, Illinois Reading Association

Dr. Janet Condy, Reading Association of South Africa

International Membership Development Awards

Perhimpunan Baca-Tulis Masyarakat (PBTM), Indonesia

Sindh-Balochistan Reading Council, Pakistan

Literacy Projects in Countries with Developing Economies

Beatrice Tafon Takeh, Children’s Book Club, Cameroon

Dr. Apolonia Tamata, Evaluating the Information Text Awareness Project (ITAP) and Documenting Localized Teaching Practices in Fiji, Fiji

Majidova Robiya Abduvalievna, Reading Club for Young Learners in Kairakkum, Tajikistan

Dr. Pinheiro Angela Maria Veira, The Professionalization of Literacy Teachers in Brazil, Brazil

Hadi Tabassum Samina, Teach for India, India

Margaret Muthiga, Reading to Rebuild and Nourish, Argentina

Melina Porto, Developing Critical Thinking Skills in Spanish Speaking Argentina, Argentina

Geraldine Nanjala, Library Program in Ndege Primary Schools, Kenya

United Kingdom Association Literacy Awards

UKLA Book Award - Awarded every year. The only national book award judged by teachers, and shadowed by student teachers. Chair - Lynda Graham

Iris & Isaac by Catherine Rayner
3-6 years category
Published by Little Tiger Press

Sky Hawk by Gill Lewis
7-11 years category
Published by Oxford University Press

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
12- 16 years category,
Illustrated by Jim Kay, published by Walker Books

UKLA/Wiley-Blackwell Research in Literacy Education Awards - Awarded every year.
Shortlists drawn up by panel convened by editors of JRR (Clare Wood) and Literacy (Cathy Burnett and Julia Davies). Panel chaired by Jackie Marsh.

Journal of Research in Reading (JRR)
Melby-Lervåg, M., Lervåg, A. (2011) Cross-linguistic transfer of oral language, decoding, phonological awareness and reading comprehension: a meta-analysis of the correlational evidence.
Journal of Research in Reading. Vol 34:1 pp.114-135

Literacy
Moss.G., (2011) Policy and the search for explanations for the gender gap in literacy attainment.
Literacy. Vol 45:3 pp.111-118

UKLA Academic Book Award - Awarded every two years

2011 Winner: Margaret Mallett
Choosing and using fiction and Non-Fiction 3-11

UKLA Literacy School of the Year: A school where literacy thrives- This is a new award

Frederick Bird School, Coventry

John Downing Award - Awarded every two years. Awarded to inspirational, creative teachers of literacy.

2011 Winner Jo Scott
Rowley Lane Junior
Infant and Nursery School, Huddersfield

New Zealand Awards

New Zealand Literacy Association Honour Council Awards

Auckland
Manawatu
Otago
Waikato
Hawkes Bay

New Zealand Literacy Association Marie Clay Literacy Trust International Literacy Conference Travel Award

Jane Carroll, Otago Reading Association
Awarded for travel to Spain for the International Workshop on Reading and Developmental Dyslexia

International Reading Association Award for Innovative Reading Promotion in Europe

Yvonne Mullan, Reading Association of Ireland (RAI)
An Intervention to Improve the Literacy Skills of Deaf Children

ira 2013 international awards

For more information on awards and grants, visit the IRA awards webpage.

 

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