Chapter 3

Ethical dilemmas have an impact on student interest and motivation. This discovery inspired our exploratory culture of learning in our Design laboratory and led us to develop a framework shaped by ethical values and ethical dilemmas–the Harbord & Khan Ethical Modelⓒ. Using this model can help make ethical issues more visible.

Making learning visible has become the goal for many schools in recent times. John Hattie’s meta-studies of more than 80 million students provide evidence to support the idea that student learning is optimized when teachers approach learning through the eyes of their students and empower students to become their own teachers [John Hattie’s latest podcast with Tim Logan of Future Learning Design may be found here]. Although it is tempting to draw conclusions from Hattie’s 252 Influences And Effect Sizes Related To Student Achievement, one needs a greater understanding of context to really get at what is useful from this study.

Hattie’s study includes data that shows the importance of teacher expertise in student learning. What other profession would need a study to confirm that their practitioners need to be experts in their…