SOLO Taxonomy: A Guide for Schools

Translate “learning how to learn” from a pedagogical principle into everyday classroom practice with this series. SOLO Taxonomy offers a clear, simple and robust way of identifying the level of cognitive complexity of learning intentions and outcomes, and consequently makes feedback and “feed forward” more effective in the learning process - ensuring learning outcomes are visible to teachers, students and parents, alike.

Ages: 5-16 years

About the Authors

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Julie Mills

Julie Mills is an educational consultant in learning and teaching, a role she has enjoyed since 2005. Working in schools throughout New Zealand, her focus is on raising student achievement. With a depth of understanding of curriculum, achievement and assessment practices, she facilitates a range of contracts for the Ministry of Education, writes educational resources for both the public and private sectors and presents regularly at conferences. Julie has an extensive background in teaching at all primary and intermediate levels. She has also held senior management positions and was a founding school principal/head teacher for four years.
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Pam Hook

Pam Hook is an educational consultant who advises schools and institutions in New Zealand, Australia, Denmark, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan and the Pacific Islands on developing curricula and pedagogies for learning to learn based on SOLO Taxonomy. She is a popular keynote speaker at conferences. Pam is author of more than 25 books on SOLO Taxonomy, including titles translated into Danish, and has developed a series of SOLO web-based apps, Apple iPad apps and YouTube videos. She hosts collaborative online communities for SOLO practitioners on Twitter @arti_choke @globalsolo and Pinterest www.pinterest.nz/solotaxonomy.