Leading educationalist John Hattie introduces the Visible Learning project and explains the value of feedback in the classroom.
Visible learning has three different meanings:
Research – John Hattie synthesizes meta-analyses from various literature studies, examining different types of influences that make a difference in the learning lives of students, including the home environment, the family dynamics, the educators, financial circumstances, the policies and the teaching strategies. John seeks to change the debate and refocus the question from “what works” to “what works best”. What are the influences that make the biggest difference in children’s lives?
Looking at the evidence, the majority of the teachers and schools are having a significant impact on children’s lives and learning. John questions if we possess the means to identify these teachers in schools, understand what they are doing, form a collaborative framework around them and strive for improvement so that every child can benefit of a great teacher by design, and not by chance.
Implementation – John and his global team have built up an incredible experience in implementing these concepts, leading them to conclude that it’s not merely about what the teachers do but their underlying mindset that truly matters. The team dedicates a significant amount of effort to studying the thought processes of these teachers.
Students – it is crucial to listen to students and to encourage them to speak up their thoughts openly to facilitate a deeper understanding of their errors and misconceptions.
John emphasizes the influential power of feedback as he also recognises that it is also the most variable, with about a third of the feedback proving ineffective making it a critical factor. In Visible Learning: Feedback by John Hattie and Shirley Clark, the authors examine its variability and highlight two key points:
Feedback should address one of the three questions “Where am I going?”; “How am I going?” and “Where to next?”
The most crucial consideration should not be the feedback given but the feedback received.
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