Outcome of Schooling - Visible Learning

Hattie formulated the notion of Visible Learning whereby the teacher becomes the learner and reflects on their own development and progress as an evaluator and activator and whereby the student becomes the teacher engaging in learning that encourages life long learning to take place.

This post gives a clear reason as to why Hattie undertook his research and the impact that schooling has on the future of our students.

Hattie notes the following statistics regarding the outcome of schooling:

-        -Schools focus too much of achievement, focusing solely on achievement can miss what students know, can do and care about.

-        -It is about engaging students in learning in order to keep them in learning

-        -Learning must be productive, challenging and engaging to ensure the best chance that student’s stay in school.

-        -In Levin’s (2006) research, drop out students earn average $23,000 US, high school completion earn 48% more and university completion earns average 78% more.

-        -High school graduates live 6-9 years more than dropouts and are 10-20% less likely to be involved in criminal activities.

-        -Teachers must encourage students to be critical evaluative thinkers (therefore students are better adapted to critically reflect on political issues and able to examine, reflect and argue with reference to history and tradition, while respecting self and others).

-        Critical evaluation is at the core of the Visible Learning Theory.

How do we as teachers obtain critical evaluation and what does it look like in the classroom for teachers and students?