The Approach to Make Learning Visible and the Centrality of Digital Technology

Julia Pinheiro Andrade

(Instituto Singularidades/Ativa Education, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)

Abstract: In this paper, we present the formative journey and point out the central role of technology to mediate, differentiate, assess and evaluate change in teaching practices regarding the teacher professional development course of the Approach to Make Learning Visible (AMLV). The AMLV is a theoretical-practical progressive teacher training and development program in active methodologies, thinking routines, and documentation strategies that develop, in homology of processes, competencies, skills and attitudes already present in the group and map those which need to be developed. Its theoretical framework is based on Project Zero, the Visible Learning research by John Hattie, the Creative Learning concept by Mitchel Resnick and Paulo Blikstein, and also on the research held at Brazilian Centro de Referências em Educação Integral (Reference Center for Integral Education). 

Key words: active methodologies, teacher professional development, creative learning, teacher assessment,digital technologies