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Seven reasons to question the hegemony of Visible Learning

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ID2924176
AuthorsLucinda Mcknight (0000-0003-0997-6790, Deakin University, corresponding author), Ben Whitburn (0000-0003-3137-2803, Deakin University)
Year2020
Volume41
Issue1
Pages32-44
Publication date2020-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDiscourse Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0159-6306 • E-ISSN: 1469-3739
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01596306.2018.1480474
OpenAlexW2805289515
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited29

The publication of John Hattie’s Visible Learning: A synthesis of over 800 meta-analyses relating to achievement in 2009 has led to the widespread adoption of the Visible Learning program around the world. Critique of this program has been less widespread, especially in English, and has tended to centre on the mechanisms of meta-analysis. We consider what Visible Learning puts to work in relation to cultural politics and find it closely aligned with agendas of neoliberalism, sexism and ableism that operate to perform exclusion in schools and to de-professionalise teachers in feminised work. We argue that the metaphor of Visible Learning itself requires much more careful attention

Ableism · Cultural hegemony · Epistemology · Hegemony · Hubris · Linguistics · Media studies · Metaphor · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Engineering · Gender Studies · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · History · Law · Philosophy · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies

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