“How can it be that some teachers succeed in remaining in our memory for years or even decades, whereas others fade into oblivion after just a short period of time?” ask John Hattie and Klaus Zierer in their book, Ten Mindframes for Visible Learning: Teaching for Success. They believe the answer lies in the way successful teachers think about teaching, which can be summed up in ten “mindframes”:
Impact:
- I am an evaluator of my impact on student learning.
- I see assessment as informing my impact and next steps.
- I collaborate with my peers and my students about my conceptions of progress and my impact.
Change and challenge:
- I am a change agent and believe all students can improve.
- I strive for challenge and not merely “doing your best.”
Learning focus:
- I give and help students understand feedback and I interpret and act on feedback given to me.
- I engage as much in dialogue as monologue.
- I explicitly inform students what successful impact looks like from the outset.
- I build relationships and trust so that learning can occur in a place where it is safe to make mistakes and learn from others.
- I focus on learning and the language of learning.
Ten Mindframes for Visible Learning: Teaching for Success by John Hattie and Klaus Zierer (Routledge, 2018)
Please Note: This summary is reprinted with permission from issue #989 of The Marshall Memo, an excellent resource for educators.
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