Disputation: Master Eria Paul Njuki and Master Rita Christine Nakitende

Master Eria Paul Njuki and Master Rita Christine Nakitende will defend their joint doctoral dissertation for the degree of Ph.d.:

The effect of training teachers in phonemic awareness and letter-sound knowledge on children's reading compentencies: A Ugandan urban context.

Trial lecture - time and place

Their trial lectures will for both of the candidates be held Wednesday October 2nd 2013 in Lecture Hall 3, Helga Engs Building, Blindern:

Eria Paul Njuki: Wednesday October 2nd 2013 at 09.15 - 10.00 a.m.

Lecture title:  The role of phonics and phonemic awareness in teaching children to read in English. Critical aspects of learning to read in a second language (non-mother tongue).

Rita Christine Nakitende: Wednesday October 2nd 2013 at 10.15 - 11.00 a.m.

Lecture title: The roles and effects of reading instruction teaching in teacher education.

Adjudication committee

  • Professor Hannu Savolainen,  Department of Special Education, Philosophical Faculty, University of Eastern Finland (1. opponent).
  • Fil.Dr. Ulrika Wolff,  Institut för pedagogik och specialpedagogik, Utbildningsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Göteborgs Universitet, Sverige (2. opponent).
  • 3rd member of the committee  and the committee's coordinator is Associate Professor Berit H. Johnsen, Department of Special Needs Education, Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Oslo.

Chair of defence

  • Deputy dean for research and Ph.D. programmes, Professor Monica Melby-Lervåg, Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Oslo

Supervisors

  • Professor Solveig-Alma Halaas Lyster, Department of Special Needs Education, Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Oslo.
  • Professor Charles Hulme, Department of Psychology, University of York, UK.

Additional information

Summary, see

Information in Norwegian, see

Published Sep. 3, 2013 2:24 PM - Last modified Oct. 1, 2013 2:22 PM