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Research Affiliates Seminar

In their research inquiries, both Jae Major and Dr Fluer Harris have explored the realities of classroom life for children from diverse cultures. Their work addresses a range of issues related to children's identity construction and educational assessment procedures for reading-related language abilities. In this presentation Jae and Fluer will discuss some of the findings from their research with a particular focus on impliations for learning and teaching.

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Annual Graham Nuthall Lecture

This year John Hattie, Professor of Education & Director of the Visible Learning Laboratory, University of Auckland presented:

Visible Teaching - Visible Learning: The Ingredients of Successful Learning in our Classrooms

This session used the results of 800+ meta-analyses and then build arguments as to the central role of making learning visible to the teacher and the student. It related to Graham Nuthall's research about the power of the peers in the classroom and helping teachers understand the world of learning through the child's eyes.

View a copy of John Hattie's power point presentation.

The Hidden Lives of Learners

The Hidden Lives of Learners takes the reader depp into the hitherto undiscovered world of the learner. It explores the three wrolds which together shape a students learning - the public world of the teacher, the highly influential world of peers, and the student's own private world and experiences. What becomes clear is that just because a teacher is teaching, does not mean the students are learning.

This book is the culmination of Professor Graham Nuthall's forty years of research on learning and teaching. It is written with classroom teachers and teachers of teaches in mind. But realising time was short and his life's work was laid out in learned papers for fellow researchers, he wrote this brief but powerful book for a much wider auidence as well; for all those seeking a better understanding of classroom learning.

This book can be purchased for $39.95 from the New Zealand Council of Educational Research. Website: http://www.nzcer.org.nz/, or email: sales@nzcer.org.nz .

Please click to view the latest copy of the Graham Nuthall Classroom Research Trust Newsletter (PDF, 206KB).

Bids for Kids - The Graham Nuthall Research Trust Charity Auction

The Graham Nuthall Research Trust wishes to thank all our generous supporters for their contribution to the charity auction.

Your generosity contributed to the success of the event. Overall we raised a total of $26,590 including auction bids, ticket sales, lucky dip prizes and donations. It was an enjoyable evening with a top auctioneer, jazz, food and wine at an excellent venue.

The amount raised goes to the scholarship fund which provides an annual award of $10,000 to a qualified teacher or scholar to undertake research on how children learn in the classroom and what influences their understanding. In addition, we hold seminars for educators on results of the award work and other research adopting the methods and principles Graham used in his forty years’ study of children’s learning.

Contact Details

For further information about Trust or our activities please contact our Administrator; Melanie Johns, nuthall-trust@canterbury.ac.nz

Graham Nuthall Classroom Research Trust
School of Educational Studies and Human Development
University of Canterbury
College of Education
PO Box 4800
Ilam
Christchurch