Dame Marie Mildred Clay was a researcher from New Zealand known for her work in educational literacy.
11 Facts About Marie Clay
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Marie Clay was committed to the idea that children who struggle to learn to read and write can be helped with early intervention.
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Marie Clay attended four primary schools, then Wellington East Girls' College.
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Marie Clay studied education at Victoria University College, graduating BA in 1947 and MA with second-class honours in 1949.
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Marie Clay received a Diploma of Education from the same institution in 1948.
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Marie Clay was employed on the faculty of the University of Auckland from 1960.
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Marie Clay developed the Reading Recovery a whole language intervention programme, which was adopted by all New Zealand schools in 1983.
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In 1982, Marie Clay was inducted into the International Reading Association's Reading Hall of Fame.
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Marie Clay died in Auckland, New Zealand at the age of 81 following a brief illness.
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The Ohio State University board of trustees approved the Marie Clay Endowed Chair in Reading Recovery and Early Literacy on 4 February 2005.
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In 2017 Marie Clay was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Aparangi's "150 women in 150 words", celebrating the contribution of women to knowledge in New Zealand.