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1. Education and Schooling

   Myth, heresy and misconception

   By John MacBeath

   The French have a saying ‘plus ca change plus c’est la meme chose’. The English colloquial equivalent ‘same old same old’ conveys a sense of the inevitable, a reminder that if we haven’t learned the lessons of history we are doomed to repeat them. In over half a century, what have we learned about...

   To Be Published August 26th 2013 by Routledge
2. A Common Wealth of Learning

   Millennium Development Goals Revisited

   Edited by John MacBeath, Mike Younger

   A Common Wealth of Learning takes a look at the millennium development goals that were set out at the start of the century. Utilising a far reaching set of case studies from a large percentage of commonwealth countries, this book looks at what the colonial legacy has left us with; and what we can...

   Published November 25th 2012 by Routledge
3. Learning In and Out of School

   The selected works of John MacBeath

   By John MacBeath

   Series: World Library of Educationalists

   In the World Library of Educationalists series, international experts themselves compile career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces - extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, major theoretical and practical contributions - so the world can read them in...

   Published December 13th 2011 by Routledge
4. Reinventing Schools, Reforming Teaching

   From Political Visions to Classroom Reality

   By John Bangs, John MacBeath, Maurice Galton

   What lessons can we learn from the relationship between policy-makers and schools over the life of the ‘New’ Labour and its predecessor Conservative government? What happened to ‘Education, Education, Education’ as it travelled from political vision to classroom practice? What are the lasting...

   Published September 15th 2010 by Routledge
5. Children, their World, their Education

   Final Report and Recommendations of the Cambridge Primary Review

   By Robin Alexander, Michael Armstrong, Julia Flutter, Linda Hargreaves, David Harrison, Wynne Harlen, Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer, Ruth Kershner, John Macbeath, Berry Mayall, Stephanie Northen, Gillian Pugh, Colin Richards, David Utting

   Children, their World, their Education is the definitive text for students, teachers, researchers, educational leaders and all who are interested in primary education. As the culmination of the Cambridge Primary Review, the most comprehensive enquiry into English primary education for half a...

   Published October 13th 2009 by Routledge
6. Connecting Leadership and Learning

   Principles for Practice

   Edited by John MacBeath, Neil Dempster

   Leading schools is becoming almost daily a more complex and demanding job. Connecting Leadership and Learning reassesses the purpose of schools, the nature of learning and the qualities of leadership that make schools authentic places of learning. Starting with a review of what we can claim to know...

   Published July 24th 2008 by Routledge
7. Improving Learning How to Learn

   Classrooms, Schools and Networks

   By Mary James, Robert McCormick, Paul Black, Patrick Carmichael, Mary-Jane Drummond, Alison Fox, John MacBeath, Bethan Marshall, David Pedder, Richard Procter, Sue Swaffield, Joanna Swann, Dylan Wiliam

   Series: Improving Learning

   Learning how to learn is an essential preparation for lifelong learning. Whilst this is widely acknowledged by teachers, they have lacked a rich professional knowledge base from which they can teach their pupils how to learn. This book makes a major contribution to the creation of such a...

   Published October 10th 2007 by Routledge
8. Learning How to Learn

   Tools for Schools

   Edited by Mary James, Paul Black, Patrick Carmichael, Colin Conner, Peter Dudley, Alison Fox, David Frost, Leslie Honour, John MacBeath, Bethan Marshall, Robert McCormick, David Pedder, Richard Procter, Sue Swaffield, DYLAN WILIAM

   Series: Improving Practice (TLRP)

   Learning how to learn is an essential preparation for lifelong learning. This book offers a set of in-service resources to help teachers develop new classroom practices informed by sound research. It builds on previous work associated with ‘formative assessment’ or ‘assessment for learning’....

   Published October 11th 2006 by Routledge
9. School Inspection & Self-Evaluation

   Working with the New Relationship

   By John Macbeath

   Written for heads and teachers, this forward-thinking book examines exactly what the relationship between inspection and self-evaluation means for schools and explores some of the underpinning issues, featuring examples of best practice from successful schools. It is full of useful advice on topics...

   Published July 26th 2006 by Routledge
10. Democratic Learning

    The Challenge to School Effectiveness

    Edited by John MacBeath, Lejf Moos

    The time has come to challenge many of the age-old assumptions about schools and school learning. In this timely book leading thinkers from around the world offer a different vision of what schools are for. They suggest new ways of thinking about citizenship, lifelong learning and the role of...

    Published November 5th 2003 by Routledge