John Hattie Biography
John Allan Clinton Hattie ONZM (born 1950) is a New Zealand education academic. He has been a professor of education and director of the Melbourne Education Research Ins*ute at the University of Melbourne, Australia, since March 2011. He was previously professor of education at the University of Auckland, the University of North Carolina Greensboro, and the University of Western Australia. In addition to being lauded as a leading educational expert, previously John Hattie taught both middle school and high school as a cl*room teacher for two years before entering graduate studies.
Early life
Hattie was born in 1950 in Timaru, and attended Timaru Boys' High School.
Academic career
John Hattie received his PhD degree in statistics from at the University of Toronto in 1981 on detecting unidimensionality. His research focuses on performance indicators and evaluation in education, as well as creativity measurement and models of teaching and learning. He is a proponent of evidence-based quan*ative research methodologies on the influences on student achievement. He led the team that created the *essment Tools for Teaching and Learning research and development contract and which is currently deployed by the New Zealand Ministry of Education for use in schools. Prior to his move to the University of Melbourne, Hattie was a member of the independent advisory group reporting to the New Zealand's Minister of Education on the national standards in reading, writing and maths for all primary school children in New Zealand.
Hattie undertook the largest ever synthesis of meta-*yses of quan*ative measures of the effect of different factors on educational outcomes leading to his book Visible Learning.
Hattie advised the Fifth National Government of New Zealand on national learning standards and performance-related pay for teachers.
Visible Learning has come under criticism for mathematical flaws in the calculation of effect sizes and misleading presentation of meta-*yses in the book.
In the 2011 Queen's Birthday Honours, Hattie was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to education.
Notable students of Hattie's include Christine Rubie-Davies and Melinda Webber.
He is married to Professor Janet Clinton, also at the University of Melbourne.
References
Bibliography
- Hattie, John A. (2008). Visible Learning: A Synthesis of Over 800 Meta-*yses Relating to Achievement. ISBN:978-0-415-47618-8.
- Hattie, John A. (2011). Visible Learning for Teachers: Maximizing Impact on Learning. ISBN:978-0-415-69015-7.
- Fletcher, Richard B.; Hattie, John A. (2011). Intelligence and Intelligence Testing.
External links
- Archive of Bio page at Auckland University
- Bio page at University of Melbourne
