Dylan Wiliam

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Dylan Wiliam
Wiliam in 2006
Born
Dylan ap Rhys Wiliam

North Wales
EducationWhitchurch Grammar School
Altrincham Grammar School for Boys
Alma mater
Known forAssessment for learning
Scientific career
FieldsEducation[1]
InstitutionsUniversity College London
King's College London[2]
ThesisTechnical issues in the development and implementation of a system of criterion-referenced age-independent levels of attainment in the National Curriculum of England and Wales (1993)
Websitedylanwiliam.org dylanwiliamcenter.com

Dylan ap Rhys Wiliam[3] is a Welsh educationalist. He is emeritus professor of educational assessment at the UCL Institute of Education. He lives in Bradford County, Florida, United States.[4][5]

Early life and education[edit]

Born in North Wales, Wiliam grew up in a monoglot Welsh-speaking family.[3] He did not learn English until attending Whitchurch Grammar School in Cardiff and Altrincham Grammar School for Boys in Greater Manchester.[2] He continued further education at the University of Durham (Bachelor of Science, 1976), the Open University (Bachelor of Arts, 1983), the Polytechnic of the South Bank (Master of Science, 1985) and the University of London (PhD, 1993).[6][2]

Research and career[edit]

His research focus is the professional development of teachers.[7] His 1998 book, Inside the Black Box,[8] which he wrote with Paul Black, was a successful polemic about formative assessment, selling over 100,000 copies.[9] Wiliam, along with Black were educational advisors to Tony Blair, and in 2013 Wiliam and Black wrote a report that criticised the current assessment, stating "A-level grades are an unreliable guide to a student's ability."[10] He demonstrated his ideas in a 2010 BBC documentary series, The Classroom Experiment, in which a class at Hertswood School was encouraged to participate more widely in activities such as answering questions.[11] He further expands on these ideas in his 2011 book, Embedded Formative Assessment, which describes five key strategies of effective formative assessment in the classroom.[12]

According to Google Scholar[1] and Scopus[13] his most cited peer reviewed publications are on assessment for learning (AFL) and formative assessment.[14][15][16]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Dylan Wiliam publications indexed by Google Scholar Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ a b c Wiliam, Dylan (2017). "Dylan Wiliam Biography". dylanwiliam.org. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017.
  3. ^ a b Aubrey, Karl; Riley, Alison (15 November 2018). Understanding and Using Educational Theories. ISBN 9781526454829.
  4. ^ "Dylan Wiliam – OUCEA". University of Oxford. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Dylan Wiliam (@dylanwiliam) | Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  6. ^ Wiliam, Dylan Ap Rhys (1993). Technical issues in the development and implementation of a system of criterion-referenced age-independent levels of attainment in the National Curriculum of England and Wales. london.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of London. OCLC 940340322.
  7. ^ Emeritus Professor Dylan Wiliam, UCL Institute of Education, 2015, archived from the original on 4 March 2016
  8. ^ Black, Paul; Wiliam, Dylan (2015). Inside the black box: raising standards through classroom assessment. ISBN 9781941112526. OCLC 930893804.
  9. ^ Wilby, Peter (18 January 2011). "Teaching guru is optimistic about education". The Guardian.
  10. ^ "Blair adviser condemns A-levels". The Independent. 18 December 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  11. ^ Gilbert, Gerard (23 September 2010), "The six secrets of a happy classroom", The Independent
  12. ^ "Embedded Formative Assessment". Solution Tree. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  13. ^ Dylan Wiliam publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  14. ^ Black, Paul; Wiliam, Dylan (2006). "Assessment and Classroom Learning". Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice. 5 (1): 7–74. doi:10.1080/0969595980050102. ISSN 0969-594X. S2CID 143347721.
  15. ^ Black, Paul; Wiliam, Dylan (2010). "Inside the Black Box: Raising Standards through Classroom Assessment". Phi Delta Kappan. 92 (1): 81–90. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.559.4181. doi:10.1177/003172171009200119. ISSN 0031-7217. S2CID 10073904.
  16. ^ Black, Paul; Harrison, Christine; Lee, Clare; Marshall, Bethan; Wiliam, Dylan (2004). "Working inside the Black Box: Assessment for Learning in the Classroom". Phi Delta Kappan. 86 (1): 8–21. doi:10.1177/003172170408600105. ISSN 0031-7217. S2CID 133892573.


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