Wash. Dr. Yetta Goodman, a nationally recognized expert in the field of early childhood literacy, speaks Friday, April 14, at the annual Eastern Washington University Williamson Symposium.
Admission is free and the public is cordially invited.
For more information, please call 359-2328. Dr. Goodman, the Regents Professor of Education at the University of Arizona, is well known for her work regarding issues of language, teaching and learning especially her research into early childhood literacy, miscue analysis and the reading and writing process. She popularized kid watching, which encourages teachers to be professional observers of the language and learning development of their students. The Williamson Symposium was established in the early 1970s by Eastern faculty member Obed Williamson as an endowment to support an annual educational symposium. Eastern Washington University is committed to affirmative action and equal opportunity.