Lectures in International Development Spring 2010
Date: Monday, April 19th, 2010.
Time: 12:00 – 2:00pm
Location: Russell Hall 305, Teachers College, Columbia University.
Organizers:
Center for Multiple Languages and Literacies, Teachers College, Columbia University and
Development in South Asia (DISHA)
Title: Smaller, Quicker, Cheaper – Revisited. A Review of Learning Indicators in Developing Countries, with a Focus on Reading Assessments.
Speaker: Dan Wagner, University of Pennsylvania.
Dan Wagner is Professor of Education and Director of the International Literacy Institute, co-founded by UNESCO and the University of Pennsylvania (www.literacy.org). He is also Director of the National Center on Adult Literacy at the University of Pennsylvania. After an undergraduate degree in Engineering at Cornell University, and voluntary service in the Peace Corps (Morocco), he received his Ph.D. in Psychology at the University of Michigan, was a two-year postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University, a Visiting Fellow at the International Institute of Education Planning in Paris, a Visiting Professor at the University of Geneva (Switzerland), and a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Paris. Dr. Wagner has extensive experience in national and international educational issues, and has served as an advisor to UNESCO, UNICEF, World Bank, USAID and others on international development issues. His most recent multi-year projects have been in India, South Africa, and Morocco. In addition to many professional publications, Dr. Wagner has written/edited: Literacy: Developing the future (in 5 languages); Literacy: An international handbook; Learning to bridge the digital divide; New technologies for literacy and adult education: A global review; Monitoring and evaluation of ICT for education in developing countries.
View the talk at: Dr Wagner’s Lecture
