Highlights of
Marie Clay
Research Centre
1926–2007
Highlights of
Marie Clay's Career
1926
Born in the capital Wellington, Clay is uniquely New Zealand – frugal and resourceful
1945-1966
- Academic achievements
- Teaching training at Wellington College of Education in 1945, Bachelor of Arts in 1946, Master of Arts with a senior scholarship in education 1948, and Doctorate with a dissertation on emergent reading behaviour in 1966.
1975
- First woman professor at the University of Auckland
1978-1993
Inducted into the Reading Hall of Fame and Recipients of
- International Citation of Merit at IRA World Congress on Reading, the David H. Russell Award from the National Council of Teachers of English, the Mackie Medal in Education from the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science and the New Zealand Association for Research in Education, the Dana Award for Pioneering Achievements in Education
1995
Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand
2016
Founding of
The MARIE CLAY RESEARCH CENTRE
2018
Growing a Networked Research Community around Children and Families of Aotearoa New Zealand.
- MCRC was awarded $79,450 from Royal Society Catalyst Seed Grant
2019
Connecting families and teachers of young children through stories
MCRC was granted $49,399 from Auckland Airport Community trust to research on connecting families and teachers of young children through stories
2020
- Phase II
- MCRC was awarded a second grant worth of $24,833 for Phase II of the project.
2021
Funding from Teaching & Learning Research Initiative
- MCRC will be receiving funding over the next two years to expand the research from the earlier two phases