Public Lecture: The Dyslexia Debate - The science, the politics, and the rhetoric - Professor Julian Elliott, Durham University
Event Details
- Date:
- Thursday, 13 August 2015
- Time:
- 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
- Room:
- The Boardroom
- Location:
- St Leo`s College (Building 36F)
- URL:
- http://www.uq.edu.au/education/index.html?page=220904&pid=28773
- Event category(s):
Event Contact
- Name:
- Ms Claire Backhouse
- Phone:
- 3365 6227
- Email:
- secretary@education.uq.edu.au
- Org. Unit:
- Education
Event Description
- Full Description:
- This presentation will draw on the recent book, The Dyslexia Debate (Elliott & Grigorenko, 2014) to offer an account of the conceptual and diagnostic confusions that continue to surround the term dyslexia. It will then briefly examine the evidence base for different theories that seek to explain this condition, and consider the relevance of this for informed intervention. Professor Elliott will subsequently advocate an alternative means of conceptualising reading difficulties that must surely be more effective for many struggling readers.
The merits of, and reasons for, various critical responses to the book’s content will be considered. Professor Elliott will seek to explain why a construct that clearly has little scientific credibility or utility has proven so successful in capturing public attention and acceptance.
Julian (Joe) Elliott joined Durham University in 2004 from the University of Sunderland where he was Acting Dean of the School of Education and Lifelong Learning. Prof. Elliott taught in mainstream and special schools prior to practising as an LEA educational psychologist.
A Chartered Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, he is registered to engage in clinical practice as an educational psychologist by the Health Professions Council. He is an Academician of the Academy of Social Sciences and a member of the REF 2014 Education Panel. His research and teaching interests include dyslexia, achievement motivation, working memory difficulties, SEN, behaviour management, cognitive education, and psychological assessment. His research involves ongoing collaborations with partners in Europe, the United States, Asia and Australia.
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