P. David Pearson, Co-Principal Investigator

Dr. P. David Pearson is the co-principal investigator for Seeds of Science/Roots of Reading, is former dean of the Graduate School of Education at UCB and a faculty member in the Language and Literacy Program. His research focuses on reading instruction and assessment. Before joining UCB in 2001, Dean Pearson was the John A. Hannah distinguished professor of education at Michigan State and co-director of the Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement (CIERA). He has written and co-edited numerous books and articles, including the Handbook of Reading Research.

Presentations

Supporting Reading Comprehension: The Role of Talk, Text, and Task (University of Sidney, Australia, July 2010)

Reading Assessment: Still Time for a Change (IRA World Congress on Reading, Aukland, New Zealand, July 2010)

Vocabulary: Words make a comeback in reading pedagogy (Naperville, IL, January 2010)

Teaching Reading Comprehension: Research, Best Practice, and Good Teaching (St. Louis, MO, December 2009; Las Vegas, NV and Westchester County, NY, March 2010)

Teaching Reading in a Time of Uncertainty: Bush, Obama, and the hope of Australia (ALEA/AATE, Australia, July 2009)

Rich Talk About Text (ALEA/AATE, Australia, July 2009)

Infusing Comprehension Instruction into Reading Recovery (Melbourne, Australia, July 15, 2009)

Language and Literacy: Tools to Promote Subject Matter Learning (Melbourne and Tasmania, Australia, July 2009)

Teaching Reading in a Time of Promise: What can we expect of the Obama years? (International Reading Association (IRA), May 2009)

Reading, Writing and Language as Tools for Learning: Rethinking the School Curriculum: An Historical Perspective (IRA, May 2009)

Summary of Early Reading Recommendations in National Research Syntheses (IRA, May 2009)

So Where Have we Traveled since 1967? (IRA, May 2009)

Minnesota Mornings: An Interactive Reflection on our Career Pathways (IRA, May 2009)

Using Literacy to Support Children’s Acquisition of Science—Synergy in Action (Wisconsin State Reading Association and the National Reading Recovery Conference, February 2009)

Reading, Writing, and Language: Tools for Learning, Enjoyment, and Insight in Middle Years (Sydney, Australia, July 2008)

A video of a presentation on the history of education research within the context of reading education (Vanderbilt University, April 2008)

Teacher Knowledge and Teaching Reading (College Reading Association, November 2007)

Teaching Reading Comprehension: Research, Best Practice, and Good Teaching (Florida Reading Association, September 2007)

Comprehension Matters (IRA, May 2007)

Diversity, Pedagogy, and the Academy: What we can and cannot learn from the K-12 experience (UC Berkeley, March 2007)