Phil Race

This 30 minute BBC Radio 4 interview with John Hattie is great food for thought for all who wish to make learning happen. He discusses the importance of passion in great teaching, and also many other things that  have marginal or even negative effects. He also mentions getting learners talking, rather than just listening to, or watching teachers. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04dmxwl What he says about children learning extends well to higher and further education teaching.

Flying home with Sally via Paris after our nearly two weeks in Santiago; now back in Paris. We had a great time, and Sally gave two keynotes and a workshop, as well as both of us visiting four Faculties and talking about all sorts of things to do with assessment, learning and teaching. The link takes you to a video of extracts from Sally’s big presentation at the Catholic University of Chile, with Spanish commentary.

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Here are the main slides we used in my half-day version of ‘Making Learning Happen’. You were a lovely group to work with, and I look forward to seeing many of you again at Sally’s sessions over the next few days. Santiago, Chile: 23rd July (646 downloads)

Picture shows Sally and I at Pablo Neruda’s house, Isla Negra. if you know Spanish, you might like to explore the article that ‘El Mercurio’ ran on the 28th of July about an interview with Sally last week

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Here are the main slides I used in our afternoon about lectures Making lectures inspiring (728 downloads) , minus the pictures and links, and also a link to the paper on active learning in lectures which I mentioned Active lectures paper (836 downloads) . You were a  lovely group to work with, and thanks to several of you for following me in all three sessions this year. The slides from the previous sessions are all still available further down these posts, and in the ‘ripples model’ on my website. Thanks also to Davina and Nigel for finding me somewhere lovely to stay in Nottingham last night (see picture). I got home punctually (Sally and I passed on different lines between Sheffield and York!), but the train was much too full to put my slides up.

Here are the main slides (minus pictures and links) I used in my workshop Smarter Lectures (725 downloads) , and the paper on active learning in lectures I referred to Active lectures paper (836 downloads) . You were a lovely group to work with, and I hope our afternoon together gave you ideas to make your own sessions with students more productive and enjoyable for all.

Here are the main slides we used during the day – there are a lot of them, so I’ve removed the pictures and video clips. BCU Visual Communication (745 downloads) . Sorry for the delay starting off the day – technology!! You were a great group to work with.

Here are the main slides I used, minus the pictures (including our Minister of Education). Edge Hill keynote (720 downloads) . I’ve put in one or two ‘asides’. You were a great audience, thanks. I really love coming to Edge Hill University as there’s such a great atmosphere (as well as a lovely campus and ducks), and I get the feeling folk really care about students’ experiences. The Student Union presentation was fabulous, showing how much people go out of their way to make things work for students. Many thanks to Mark and Lizy for looking after me so well on my visit.

Here are the main slides I used in our day together RAU 2014 (630 downloads) . The slides, of course, are just that – the important things were our explorations around the content. I’ve strung the two main presentations end-on-end. I did get onwards to Ormskirk, not least thanks to a really memorable Liverpool taxi driver. Great working with you all.

Here are the main slides – and some more – which I used with you today. I found the missing slides about getting books published, so have slipped them into the presentation (they were on that memory stick all the time!). Good luck with your writing – we all need luck as well as hard work. Brunel (651 downloads)

Here are the main slides we used. Note to anyone who wasn’t actually there, the long sequence on ‘assessment quotes’ was something we flew through in five minutes or so, just to illustrate how many people have addressed the problems concerned. Nottingham (637 downloads) . The ‘Statements’ exercise is elsewhere on the website, in ‘archived downloads’. It was great working with you all, and I look forward to seeing you again at our session on lectures.