John Hattie

21 October (Auckland), 22 October 2009 (Christchurch)

John Hattie (Professor of Education, Faculty of Education, The University of Auckland) is the author of the acclaimed Visible Learning: a synthesis of over 800 meta-analyses relating to achievement (Routledge: New York 2009). Sold out in Auckland and a large turnout in Christchurch, this seminar presented by a world class researcher and author was clearly one of strong interest and relevance to educators. With the seminar’s focus on what actually works in schools and classrooms to improve learning outcomes for students, participants were enthusiastic to know about the research findings from the meta-analyses and how they could apply the key findings in their own schools. A central theme was the power of high quality feedback to promote learning and the ways assessment can optimise this feedback. For schools to address the wide variance of teaching effect by teachers in different classrooms, leaders need to know what works across all age levels and all subjects to increase learning opportunities for their students. The seminar provided opportunities for the participants to hear about and engage in the research findings, ask questions, consider their own schools in the workshops in relation to ‘Where am I going? How am I going? Where to next?’

• Visit John Hattie's staff profile page
• Visit the asTTle/Visible Learning Lab website
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Podcast

Podcast from John Hattie's seminar
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Questions and Answers

The participants greatly enjoyed the seminar and highly rated its quality and usefulness, here are examples of their feedback:

• Practical, challenging and thought provoking
• Made me think about and challenge what I do in my classroom and with other teachers
• Raised big ideas for my leadership team and our planning for ‘tomorrow’
• Can’t wait to get back to my school and use the research findings
• An awesome presentation. Superb.
• Great to discuss issues with others. I loved today!
• The vigour, enthusiasm and passion of the presentation was inspirational
• Best professional development I have been on ever!