1st Edition
Redefining More Able Education Key Issues for Schools
Part One
1. Introduction: What to take on board?
2. Framing more able education: Baggage check?
3. History’s mislaid ideas: Lost property?
4. IQ and character: Boarding Passes?
5. Submerged populations and overlooked student groups: Missing passengers?
6. The long shadow of poverty: Restricted Visibility?
7. What research tells parents: Accompanied or alone?
Part Two
8. Whose classroom is it anyway? Seating allocations?
9. What drives exceptional teaching and learning: Altitude or speed?
10. Dependence to independence: Autopilot or co-pilot?
11. Underachievement and motivation: Lost horizons?
12. The journey to university: The long haul?
13. 21 ways to shape a whole school culture: Happy landings?
14. Glossary of concepts: Passport check?
Biography
Ian Warwick is the founder and Senior Director of London Gifted and Talented (www.londongt.org) which has worked with more than 3500 schools internationally. An inner-city teacher for 20 years, he has published extensively in the field of education and has written award-winning, high-challenge e-learning materials and several film screenplays.
Ray Speakman founded the Birmingham Youth Theatre, has edited and written plays for schools, professional theatre and television, and was a teacher of English and a deputy headteacher in a large Warwickshire comprehensive.
