The Emerging Futures of Education

10 – Dr Selena Fisk- Building a Data Democracy and Data storytelling


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In Episode 10 Nick talks with Dr Selena Fisk about:

- The importance of using data to improve student outcomes
- Student perspectives on teacher feedback
- Student desire for more formative feedback
- UK vs Australian approaches to use of data
- The importance of support and training for teachers and leaders in the use of data to develop the relevant skillsets
- Different stages of development: Data literacy, data visualisation, data storytelling
- Data storytelling – the next step in using data in schools

Bio for Podcast:
Selena is a teacher, author, and school data consultant. Through her company, Aasha for Schools, Selena works with school leaders to develop strategic directions around data use, with middle leaders to build their capacity in leading data-informed change, and with teachers to build their data literacy and data storytelling skills.
Selena is passionate about using data in ways that 'catch out' student potential, and in ways that help school communities, teachers and students flourish. She has published two books through Hawker Brownlow Education - "Using and Analysing Data in Australian Schools" and “Leading Data-Informed Change in Schools”.

She was a recipient of the 2019 The Australian Council of Educational Leaders (ACEL) "New Voice in Educational Leadership Research Scholarship", and Aasha for Schools was named in the "Top 50 Organisations in Education" in the 2019 GFEL conference in Dubai.

Contact: [email protected]
Website: aashaforschools.com
LinkedIn: Selena Fisk / Aasha for Schools
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The Emerging Futures of EducationBy LearnTech Lab - Nick Burnett and Angela O’Sullivan