
About Brian Cambourne
Brian Cambourne is an Australian researcher and associate professor and head of the Language, Learning, and Literacy Unit at the University of Wollongong. (Global Conversations in Literacy Research. (2012)).
His research primarily focuses on professional development for literacy education. Cambourne developed the following seven Conditions of Learning. These are typically applied to literacy skills, but can cross to other content areas.


Additional resources:
- More applications of the Conditions of Learning
- Conditions of Literacy Learning webinar with Cambourne
- List of works by Cambourne
- More literacy education articles
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