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One-day Centenary Conference
and Memorial Dinner
"READING IS LIVING"
Monday,
1st July 2002
This one-day Conference highlighted
educational aspects on expanding our horizons, individually
and collectively.
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INTRODUCTION
 The
conference was aimed at teachers, educational planners, psychologists,
parents and anyone else interested in the teaching of reading as a holistic
multi-dimensional approach in line with Outcomes Based Education to
ensure that South Africa becomes a fully literate society, able to compete
globally.
"The past is history, the future a mystery, the present
is a gift!"
"Every child loves to learn, to be interested, to succeed,
and when the inability to read thwarts the pursuit of his natural
inclinations, the effects are always unhappy, often disastrous."
"The true value of education is to train young and older
minds to think, to query, and to come to their own conclusions without
blindly following everything that is said. In these days of subtle
propaganda, this aspect of the work is vital if readers' minds are
not to be trapped. Many dyslexic pupils, as well as children and adults
without problems, are convinced that the written word is always the
truth. Comprehension lessons are excellent opportunities to point
out the opposite."
Reading and Education Pioneer Rebecca Ostrowiak 1902 -
1981
| 8.20 - 8.25 |
Greetings
Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Council |
| 8.25 - 8.30 |
Opening Prayer
Mr. KD Petje
Principal, Malemati Primary School, Limpopo Province |
| 8.30 -
9.15 |
Dr. Sigamoney Naicker
(Representing South African Education Minister, Prof. Kader Asmal)
National Director Inclusive Education
From exclusion to inclusion for all learners |
| 9.15 - 10.00 |
Dr. Steve Chinn
Founder and Principal Mark College for Dyslexic Children UK
Advisor: Special Needs Tribunal on New Disability Act, UK
Underlying causes of mathematics difficulties
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| 10.00 - 10.15 |
TEA |
| 10.15 - 10.45 |
Edna Freinkel
Founder and Trustee Readucate
Motivation and changing attitudes |
| 10.45 - 11.15 |
Changed lives |
| 11.15 - 11.45 |
Mr. MM Maserumule
Provincial Head: Education and Training Limpopo Province
Can prisoners be rehabilitated and crime reduced? |
| 11.45 - 12.20 |
Dr. Jonathan Moch
Medical Specialist in Mind - Body Stress
A multi-sensory and brain gym approach to learning |
| 12.30 - 1.30 |
LUNCH |
| 1.30 - 2.00 |
Readucate Learners |
| 2.00 - 2.15 |
Dr. Brenda Spencer
Senior Lecturer English Department UNISA
Reading Theory |
| 2.15 -
3.00 |
Readucate skills
- Spelling as a decoder and developer of cognitive skills
Readucator Thapedi Chokoe
- Comprehension and independent thinking
Readucator Cathey Serokolo
- Memory training and study skills
Readucator Beauty Kgatla
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| 3.00 - 3.15 |
Mr. Adrian Strydom
Head: SETA Unit, Peninsula Technikon, Cape Town
A snapshot of the National Skills Development Strategies (SETAs) |
| 3.15 - 3.30 |
TEA |
| 3.30 - 4.00 |
Lee Marcus
Internationally known Documentary and Script Writer
How to make writing exciting for children and adults |
| 4.00 -4.30 |
Readucator Shirley de Jager
Kareevile Primary School, De Aar
Distance Education and Computers |
| 4.30 - 5.15 |
PANEL DISCUSSION
The Way Forward |
| 5.15 - 6.00 |
Exhibition |
| 6.30 |
MEMORIAL DINNER
Greater Germiston Civic Center,
Corner Cross & Queen Street
Germiston
Programme director: Readucate Trustee Edith Venter
One-act play "Rebecca's Children" by Lee Marcus
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As Readucate Instructors under the Prisoner Rehabilitation Programme
were unable to attend, we thank them for their support, send our greetings
and hope that they received their copies of the conference proceedings.
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