I came home after working in Christchurch with the Ōtākaro Cluster to find a package on my desk. It contained my author copies of Læringsmål og taksonomiske redskaber.
The Danish contribution written by Bodil Nielsen, Annette Hildebrand Jensen, Lene Skovbo Heckmann , Victoria Grønning Iverssøn and Kirsten Frøhlich Well , with other chapters by James Nottingham, Geoff Petty, Pam Hook, Robert J. Marzano , Trine Gustafson and Henning Fjørtoft .
Seeing my chapter on the classroom based use of SOLO Taxonomy in Danish made me pause – it was a moment worth noting.
The Danish book (and the ER SOLO Action Research book collaboration with two UK teachers Simon Wall and Rob Manger) mark the spread of a simple yet powerful idea with a metric that differs from simply monitoring numbers of Twitter followers on @arti_choke and @globalsolo.
It represents a deeper level of influence and one that all practitioners sharing SOLO with their students will be dead chuffed about.
I hope John enjoys his copy.
News Update – June 2016: Just released a great review of the book.
This is a nice quote: “Denne præsentation af taksonomier i undervisningen indeholder en god, nuanceret oversigt over muligheder og begrænsninger ved anvendelsen af dem.”
Something like: ” This presentation of taxonomies in education contains a good, balanced overview of possibilities and limitations of their use.”
As is this: ‘En relevant, velskrevet og aktuel bog fyldt med gode artikler af danske og udenlandske eksperter indenfor læring og undervisning. En rigtig god bog til fordybelse og diskussion for lærere, ledere, lærerstuderende, konsulenter, pædagoger og andre der interesserer sig for emnet. […] Her rammer indholdet lige ned i den udfordring skolerne står i nu. En detaljeret indholdsfortegnelse, gør bogen til en god opslagsbog, ligesom den også kan læses fra start til slut. De enkelte kapitler er inddelt i overskuelige afsnit, og det anvendte sprog er lettilgængeligt. Her gives der rigtig mange svar på hvordan. Bør anskaffes.’ – Lektørudtalelsen fra Dansk BiblioteksCenter
‘A relevant, well written and topical book filled with great articles of Danish and foreign experts in learning and teaching. A really good book for contemplation and discussion for teachers , managers, trainees , consultants , educators and others interested in the topic. [ …] Here hits contents straight into the challenge facing schools is in now. A detailed table of contents , makes the book a good reference book , as it can be read from start to finish . Each chapter is divided into manageable sections , and the language used is readily accessible. It presents a lot of answers to how. Should acquired. ‘ – Lektørudtalelsen from the Danish Library Center
