Movers, Shakers & Policy Makers - John Hattie, Chair, AITSL Board

Grant Quarry

By Grant Quarry
Published October 18, 2017

Internationally acclaimed education researcher Professor John Hattie needs no introduction. Chair of the AITSL Board and Director of the Melbourne Educational Research Institute at the University of Melbourne he’s received numerous awards globally, presented over 550 papers, and proudly supervised 198 student theses. To date his highly regarded Visible Learning research continues to grow and evolve, and is now based on the data of around 300 million students. And there’s no sign the academic is slowing down anytime soon.

Hi John. You’re Director of the Melbourne Educational Research Institute, what do you enjoy most about the role?

The best ...

This story appeared in the October 2017 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

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