10 Mindframes for Leaders Edited by John Hattie and Raymond Smith

This joins a few books written as part of a Visible Learning series. These build on the phenomenal success of Hattie’s original meta-analysis and try to focus on specific areas and things to be learnt in them. Many schools are using the Visible Learning framework as a system for self-evaluation and improvement. This book focusedContinue reading “10 Mindframes for Leaders Edited by John Hattie and Raymond Smith”

Visible Learning Feedback by John Hattie and Shirley Clarke

This is the latest Hattie book and it focuses on an area which his Visible Learning analysis suggests has a large effect size but has often been misunderstood- feedback. The authors try to get into the details of what is actually meant by feedback, and the aspects that are most effective. Its focus on theContinue reading “Visible Learning Feedback by John Hattie and Shirley Clarke”

Visible Learning for Teachers by John Hattie

This was a ground-breaking book in education. It presented an extensive meta-analysis of key aspects of teaching and highlighted their impact by effect size. Hattie’s analysis was originally published in 2008 although this version of the book was written in 2011 aimed at teachers. Since it was written it has been at the heart ofContinue reading “Visible Learning for Teachers by John Hattie”

10 Mindframes for Visible Learning by John Hattie and Klaus Zierer

This book attempts to take key aspects from the Visible Learning meta-analysis and identify the ten key mindframes that a teacher should endeavour to have that will have the greatest impact on pupil success. It covered a wide range of areas from motivation to positive relationships and was a fascinating, if not always convincing read.Continue reading “10 Mindframes for Visible Learning by John Hattie and Klaus Zierer”