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The problem with progress Part 1: learning vs performance

Feb 12, 2013 | Category: Featured

What's more important? Learning or progress?[caption id="attachment_2759" align="alignleft" width="150"] Take that progress! We want learning[/caption]We've known since the publication of Ofsted's Mov...

#Ofsted #Dylan Wiliam #Kev Bartle #liminality #progress #Robert Bjork

Effective group work

Jan 12, 2013 | Category: behaviour

[caption id="attachment_4388" align="alignleft" width="275"] Just another example of effective groupwork[/caption]OK. I have 3 points to make: Group work does not make us more creative and it does...

#Dylan Wiliam #groupwork #The Ringelmann Effect

So, what IS the point of INSET days?

Jan 06, 2013 | Category: training

Every teacher needs to improve, not because they are not good enough, but because they can be even better. Dylan Wiliam, keynote to SSAT conference, December 2012 Back in August 2011, long before I ev...

#Ian Gilbert #Dylan Wiliam #INSET #John Tomsett #CPD

The art of failing

Jul 06, 2012 | Category: learning

Why on earth would we ever want to fail? Failing's bad, right?Obviously getting something wrong, performing poorly and making mistakes is uncomfortable. But these things are a part of life. An importa...

#failure #Dylan Wiliam #public critique #Ron Berger

The need for 'Why To' guides

Jun 07, 2012 | Category: assessment

I'm not a fan of telling people how to do things. OK, that may not strictly speaking be true, but I do believe that just explaining how to solve a problem is unlikely to result in much learning. The b...

#AfL #Dylan Wiliam #SOLO taxonomy #Weight Watchers #Why

How not to improve a school

Apr 21, 2012 | Category: leadership

Everyone agrees that 'lasting and sustaining improvement in student outcomes' is a good thing and there's little doubt that we should also seek to narrow the gap in achievement between different group...

#Dylan Wiliam #John Hattie #Ben Levin #school improvement #Sutton Trust

Learning objectives and why we need 'em

Feb 18, 2012 | Category: learning

I remember the first time I saw a learning objective being used in a lesson. My school had just been placed into Special Measures and things were looking grim. I'd only joined the school a few months...

#Dylan Wiliam #learning objectives #James Michie #Paul Dix #success crieria

The 'practice' of teaching

Jan 16, 2012 | Category: learning

Fewer (activities); Deeper (learning); Better (student outcomes). John Tomsett, Headteacher This is not a blog post proper, just some notes on Hattie's introduction to Visible Learning for Teachers. H...

#Dylan Wiliam #John Hattie #learning styles #Visible Learning for Teachers

Who inspects the inspectors?

Feb 05, 2012 | Category: Featured

Are Ofsted fit for purpose?This week Dylan Wiliam threw a wet leather gauntlet in the face of monsieur d'Ofsted, saying, "Ofsted do not know good teaching when they see it”.If this is true (and how wo...

#Ofsted #Dylan Wiliam #Sir Michael Wilshaw #Daisy Christodolou #ER #TES

How effective learning hinges on good questioning

Feb 04, 2012 | Category: assessment

Hands up who likes asking questions?Questioning is an essential part of helping students to make progress but only if it causes thinking or elicits evidence that informs our teaching. And the thing wi...

#AfL #Dylan Wiliam #Darren Mead #questioning #hinge questions