The Illustrated Guide to Visible Learning: An Introduction to What Works Best In Schools

by John Hattie, Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey

The Path to Truly Impactful Practice in Education Starts with Visible Learning


It may seem obvious, but learning should never be implied or assumed. Learning must be explicit, evaluated and monitored; the impact of teaching on student learning should be visible. But how can we be sure?


Armed with years of research that includes more than 2,100 meta-analyses, and 130,000 studies that include more than 300 million students—plus decades of experience as educators —bestselling authors John Hattie, Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, and John Almarode have collaborated to create this accessible guide to what works best to accelerate students′ learning. Packed with everything you need to evaluate your impact, the Illustrated Guide to Visible Learning



Clear instructions for collecting, interpreting, and using evidence to make decisions with and for your students
A primer on the 12 signature practices of Visible Learning
Research-backed mindframes that have the potential to significantly influence the quality of education
The full-length School Capacity Assessment tool—included and available for the first time—which allows you to evaluate where your school is on its Visible Learning journey.

To have the greatest impact on student learning, we must know what practices work best.  With this illustrated go-to guide to Visible Learning in hand, your path is set for truly impactful practice in education.

Genres: Education, Teaching, Nonfiction

160 pages, Paperback

Published July 2, 2024

About the author

John Allan Clinton Hattie ONZM (born 1950) was born in Timaru, New Zealand, and has been a professor of education and director of the Melbourne Education Research Institute at the University of Melbourne, Australia, since March 2011. He was previously professor of education at the University of Auckland.

Source: Wikipedia

Reviews

[Cheri]

Like most education books, this one doesn't contain much that is new. Once you have read two or three, you have tread all of the roads that they have to navigate. Perhaps if it has been the 1980s since you've read an educational book, it might have some new ground for you to learn something from.

The big thing with this one is that it is illustrated. "Illustrated", in this case, means that there are many, many charts and infographics to say the same things over and over. It would serve as a good review for a test if you're taking a test, but otherwise, it's nothing new.

[S]

So much great information and likely the best packaging out there of all of the Visible Learning insights, though the number of books this crew have written and released is overwhelming. Anyhow, if you’re looking for a book that outlines the best practices covered in their work, this is a great one to get. The biggest issue is that, while the content is intentionally sequenced, it reads more like a series of loosely connected articles. So don’t expect a page-turner.

[Jenna Fox]

Fabulous meta analysis of teaching practices in all areas and for all students. It was stuffed with actionable information regardless of the curriculum or content area one teaches. The best part was the presentation (colorful, fun theming) which kept me engaged and able to take in the content more easily. Very thankful to COPESD for my copy of this book!

[Amber Wilson]

For being an illustrated guide this one sure felt long. This would be a great intro into a lot of concepts associated with visible learning but I was hoping for more proven actionable steps to start with the new school year.

[Nicole]

Great for an intro book… not great for someone who has been a teacher for many years and is already deeply familiar with Hattie’s work.

[Tracey]

A great - visual and accessible - summary of John Hattie’s book, ‘Visible Learning’. A good way to review the original or introduce it.

[Marnie]

Lots of great visuals to reinforce the teaching practices found in the book.
Teaching practices supported by research and meta-analysis.

[Derek Dupuis]

Definitely actionable strategies here. Obviously not for everyone, but I enjoyed nerding out over the data analysis of effect sizes. 🤓🤓🤓