Knowledge and the Curriculum - A Conversation with Prof. Dylan Wiliam

Dylan Wiliam, PhD, is one of the world's foremost education
authorities. With partners Paul Black and Siobhan Leahy, Dylan
has developed and helped to successfully implement classroom
formative assessment in thousands of schools all over the world,
including the United States, Canada, Singapore, Sweden,
Australia, and the United Kingdom.


Wiliam is Professor Emeritus of educational assessment at UCL
Institute of Education (IOE), London, UK and Executive Director
of the Learning Sciences International Dylan Wiliam Center. After
a first degree in mathematics and physics, Wiliam taught in urban
public schools for seven years, during which time he earned
further degrees in mathematics and mathematics education.


He has served as dean and head of the School of Education at
King's College London, senior research director at the
Educational Testing Service in Princeton, NJ and Deputy Director
of the Institute of Education, University of London. Since 2010,
he has devoted most of his time to research and teaching.


Wiliam's most recent publication, Creating the Schools Our
Children Need: Why What We're Doing Now Won't Help Much (And What
We Can Do Instead), analyses the approaches that American schools
have taken in order to improve student achievement, and shows why
they are unlikely to succeed, while at the same time, providing
clear advice about the steps that schools need to take to raise
student achievement and close achievement gaps. His other works
focus on the profound impact strategic formative assessment has
on student learning. He is co-author of Inside the Black Box, as
well as Embedding Formative Assessment, the Embedding Formative
Assessment Professional Development Pack, and Leadership for
Teacher Learning.


Social Links


Twitter: @dylanwiliam


LinkedIn: @dylanwiliam