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1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. Self-Evaluation in the Global Classroom

   Edited by John MacBeath, Hidenori Sugimine

   Self-evaluation is going global. This book describes what happened when teams of school students from across the world embarked on the trip of a lifetime to explore the school lives of their international contemporaries.The students involved in The Learning School project used a variety of tools to...

   Published October 23rd 2002 by Routledge
10. Self-Evaluation

    What's In It For Schools?

    By John MacBeath, Archie Mcglynn

    Series: What's in it for schools?

    Self-evaluation in schools sits at the top of the national agenda in response to an awareness that performance tables and inspector's reports can only tell a partial story. Schools are now encouraged to raise questions about 'How are we doing?' and 'How do we know?'. Self-Evaluation: What's in it...

    Published March 27th 2002 by Routledge