It is from chapter 1, making teaching and learning visible in the book by the same name written by daniel bernstein, university of kansas amd amy nelson burnett, amy goodburn, and paul savory, university of. Implementing the process of change in a public school setting. Mara has been conducting educational research for over 30 years, including directing making learning visible mlv, an investigation into documenting and assessing individual and group learning in u. Peer tutoring is so effective that it is highlighted in both the visible assessing and visible learning categories of the visible teaching, assessing, learning, and. They explore how to implement the practices that work best to accelerate student learning. Making learning visible documenting the early childhood. Documentation panels including photographs, teachers notes, transcriptions, and artifacts, artfully and prominently displayed, serve as a visual archive of childrens learning helm, beneke.
Visible learning is the definitive book on sorting out the effectiveness of teaching strategies a must read for those who want to improve teaching and learning. Carol anne wien york university documentation is not about finding answers, but generating questions. We blogged about the first book what doesnt work in education in an earlier post. As promised, here is my second post about making learning visible and digital portfolios. When learners speak, write, or draw their ideas, they deepen their cognition.
Sketchnoting and making learning visible workshop silvia. John hatties new policy paper is a double issue about distractions and solutions. In this expert interview, mara krechevsky, a senior researcher at harvards project zero research centre, discusses the insandouts of making learning visible. Making learning visible inside and outside the classroom this article describes the changing culture of a public school as members of its community explore new ways of being accountable to pro gressive ideals in an age of skillsbased learning and standardized testing. Visible learning is the result of 15 years research and synthesises over 800 metaanalyses over 50,000 studies relating to the influences on achievement in schoolaged students. Visible learning for literacy is the newest book in john hatties visible learning series. Maximizing impact on learning hattie, 2012 describes for the teacher audience how highimpact strategies presented in visible learning 2009 are applied in classroom instruction. Yet the attainment of knowledge and understanding is still primarily viewed. Director of eportfolio assessment kaneb center for teaching and learning university of notre dame. The st martins community supports our 7 learner qualities through the learning process. Recognising when learning is taking place and making this visible is another of the foundations on which inclusive practice is built. Often when people first encounter the mlv work, they describe it as a project about documentation, perhaps because it is the most tangible aspect of. Use the language of thinking to name and notice the thinking your child is using and thus make it more visible.
The learner qualities are a representation of our beliefs about learning and our aspirations and vision for our learners. They are from a chapter by george forman and brenda fyfe entitled negotiated learning through design, documentation, and discourse in the hundred languages of children. Making learning more visible strategies to teach teachers 1. The reader has no indication or test result of how well the effect sizes fit the visible learning story. For some students with additional learning needs, such as those learning at a very. Forgive me for any technical problems, or the lack of digital craftsmanship. Making learning visible an interview with mara krechevsky documenting childrens learning is an intricate process. A progressive, researchbased approach for making learning visible based on the reggio emilia approach to learning, visible learners highlights learning through interpreting objects and artifacts, group learning, and documentation to make students learning evident to teachers. Internal and external vocational learning model and individual demand for skills and qualifications introduction the relationship between qualifications, skills and performance is complex and often contradictory. Carla rinaldi discusses the importance of making learning visible.
If a student sketches an interesting side note in the lesson, but misses the big themes, that will show up in her drawing. Making learning visible the childrens workshop oakland. Sharing learning intentions and success criteria 3. Seeking out feedback on learning strategies for teacher educators 1. Helping teachers make learning visible to them and their. Observation and documentation are integral to the early childhood classroom. They have the right to connect beyond the four walls of their classroom. Demand for qualifications depends on a range of factors, including the nature of the workplace. Challenging educational assumptions in this session, you will be introduced to the making learning visible mlv framework for supporting individual and group learning. Making childrens thinking and learning visible early years conference saturday 26 april 2014 riverside community trust dickens road, gravesend da12 2jy 8. Making childrens thinking and learning visible early. John hatties visible learning is a model of learning and teaching based on the largest collection of research to date into what has the biggest impact on learning. Johnsen laguardia community college this essay captures one instructors experience implementing, revising and reimplementing eportfolio practices over several years at laguardia community college, cuny.
At reedley hallows nursery school we are passionate about childrens learning. Using the data, hattie draws out themes to identify what he sees as the core elements of successful schooling. While learning in the formal education and trainingsystem is a distinct feature of modern societies. The visible learning story is told in chapter 3 and naturally refers to some of the effect sizes calculated in the remainder of the book.
The posting below looks at the many uses of a course not teaching portfolio. Children as individual and group learners project zero, reggio children on. Here are some quick takeaways from hatties second book what works bestread more. So, i return to the why that underpins the need to make learning visible. The making learning visible project 77 breigallen, c. Yet the relationship between story and effect sizes remains implicit and qualitative.
See more ideas about reggio classroom, reggio inspired classrooms and reggio emilia classroom. Visible classrooms are committed to five key principles. The goal is to help make thinking visible by developing thinking. Coupling the right pedagogy with the right technology heidi l. This programme is delivered over three workshops and will support educators document childrens learning and use this documentation to plan relevant and meaningful learning experiences for children. It is all about knowing the impact of our teaching on each students learning and responding to move learning forward. As a staff we got together to think about our image of the child at our setting. Reedley hallows nursery school burnley campus, barden lane, burnley, bb10 1jd. Mara is a senior researcher at project zero at the harvard graduate school of education. Documenting the early childhood curriculum and making learning visible is a key requirement of the des education focused inspections. How to promote engagement, understanding, and independence for all learners. Our learners need to be confident when sharing their learning, proud of their progress first, and then their achievement. The authors john hattie, douglas fisher and nancy frey focus on literacy in grades k12. Over the past few decades, much attention has been devoted to developing learning communities in schools.
You will understand the importance of critically examining four assumptions about education commonly made in the u. Making learning possible through pedagogical documentation. See more ideas about childrens learning, emergent curriculum, reggio documentation. Examples of different approaches to assessment of learning 3. In this richlyillustrated bookthe culmination of a twoye. Making learning visible through pedagogical documentation written by dr. The overall goal of making learning visible is to create and sustain powerful cultures of learning in and across classrooms and schools that nurture and make visible individual and group learning. Encouraging student reflection, so that learning becomes visible to students making the processes and products of learning visible for different people, such as teachers, students, accreditation agencies, employers, etc. Challenges to making learning historical focus on explicit conceptual knowledge is not. Observation provides the information necessary for adults to build meaningful relationships with individual children. St james is part of the making learning visible collaborative, the focus of which is to build our collective capacity to embed the practices that make learning visible in every classroom across our schools.
His research, visible learning, is the culmination of more than 25 years of examining and synthesizing more than 1,600 metaanalyses comprising more than 95,000 studies involving 300 million students around the world. Through the creation and thoughtful curation of written and photographic forms of documentation derived from observing and interacting with the children, our teachers highlight the. Michael fullan this unique and groundbreaking book is the result of 15 years research and synthesizes over 800 metaanalyses relating to the influences on achievement in school. Children as individual and group learners project zero and reggio children 2001 this book reports on a collaboration between project zero and the municipal preschools and infanttoddler centers of reggio emilia, italy, on the nature of learning in groups and how to understand, support, document, and assess individual and group learning. Making learning visible an interview with mara krechevsky. A central facet of the reggio emilia approach to early childhood education involves documenting the childrens learningmaking it visible to parents, to the larger community and to the children themselves. Making learning visible 8 it is important to remember that you cannot understand or capture all learning that takes place, only that which you can observe from your students behaviours, your conversations with them, and the artefacts they produce.
18 875 714 718 648 1407 876 552 943 947 693 1353 240 1031 994 695 699 567 75 1192 92 69 371 263 1451 606 619 1316 849 148 1114