10 Mindframes for Leaders: The Visible Learning Approach to School Success

by John Hattie (editor), Raymond L. Smith (Editor)

It’s not what you do, it’s how you think about what you do. Mindframes—your internal set of beliefs about your role as school leader—determine the high-impact leadership practices you choose to implement. In other words, how you think about the impact of the actions you take has more effect on student achievement than your leadership practices themselves.  Building on over twenty-five years of Visible Learning research and girded by a theory of action that ensures school leaders have the expertise to select, implement, and evaluate high impact interventions, 10 Mindframes for The VISIBLE LEARNING® Approach to School Success brings the mindframes of ten world-renowned educators to life. Ten chapters, each written by a different thought leader, detail a mindframe at the heart of successful school leadership, along with the high probability influences that make each mindframe visible. A must-have resource for any educator working toward student achievement at ever-higher levels, each chapter • The most current, up-to-date findings from the Visible Learning research, including the factors from Visible Learning that support each mindframe • Practical ideas for leaders to implement high-impact strategies in classrooms and schools • Vignettes, questions, insights, and exercises to help educators clarify and refine their own mindframes  Lead your school to reform from the inside out. Cultivate these ways of thinking, and you’re more likely to have major impacts on the learning lives of those students entrusted to your care.  Includes Contributions From…John Hattie, Peter DeWitt, Raymond L. Smith, Doug Fisher, Janet Clinton, Nancy Frey, Dylan Wiliam, Dominique Smith, Jenni Donohoo, Laura Link, Michael Fullan, Sugata Mitra, Zaretta Hammond, Jim Knight    

Genres: Education, Leadership, Nonfiction

144 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 18, 2020

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

[Anita · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked that each chapter had an expert in the associated field write it.

[Yasin Denli · Rating 4 out of 5]

A parade of great minds of education. A user manual to education leadership

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

For anyone familiar with Hattie's work and Visible Learning (R) then there is nothing new here. What it is though is a thought-provoking, succinct summary of the key ideas of VL related to school leadership. On that level alone it is worth reading.

[Dave Conroy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is practical in tone and presents some well researched ideas. However, it did not “wow” or inspire me with new ideas.

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great leadership guide from many experts in the field. Easy to read.

[Guanhui · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some useful chapters. I use the book to bounce off ideas and reflect on my current practice as a middle manager

[Danae Mckain · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reading this book for a college class on leadership. Like all books in this genre there are some golden nuggets to take away, and other things that were just eh.