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Learning in and Out of School

The Selected Works of John MacBeath

By: John E. C. MacBeath

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Learning in and Out of School

The Selected Works of John MacBeath

By: John E. C. MacBeath

In this book, John MacBeath brings together eight of his most influential writings including chapters from his best-selling books, articles from leading journals, and excerpts from his contributions to the press.

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0415692954

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Education and Schooling

Myth, heresy and misconception

By: John MacBeath

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Education and Schooling

Myth, heresy and misconception

By: John MacBeath

The French have a sayingplus ca change plus cest 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 education, about schools as places for education, a

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1135039062

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Teachers Under Pressure

By: Maurice Galton,John MacBeath

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Teachers Under Pressure

By: Maurice Galton,John MacBeath

`This is a well written and thoroughly researched book on an issue of vital importance. It places the experiences of individual teachers under pressure into the larger UK and worldwide context. Policy makers need to wake up to its messages′ - Sara Bubb, Institute of Education, University of London What is it really like to be a teacher in today′s demanding classrooms? Maurice Galton and John MacBeath spoke to teachers, parents and students in England, and compared their responses to similar inquiries in Asia, America, Australia and New Zealand. Their findings were disturbing. Teacher stress and workload were persistent themes in the four studies, with teachers frequently stretched to breaking point as they endeavour to ′make a difference′ to their pupils′ learning and welfare. Issues examined in the book include: - frustrations facing those trying to make inclusive education work in practice - effects of constantly changing policies on the staff required to implement them - loss of status within the teaching profession - reasons for teachers choosing to leave the profession - the consequences of staying on and fighting for what one believes in This fascinating read will be of interest to anyone involved in teaching, school leadership and educational policy.

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1849208417

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School Inspection & Self-Evaluation

Working with the New Relationship

By: John Macbeath

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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 such as how schools can juggle ongoing self-evaluation with OFSTED’s expectations, how to use web sources to best advantage and what can be learnt from experience to lessen the anxiety in the relationship and make it more of a friendly and formative experience for all parties. Drawing on case studies from primary, secondary and special schools, this all-round overview should be of immediate interest to practitioners while also offering students and aspiring heads and teachers a valuable source of detailed information about the processes of inspection and self-assessment.

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1134148224

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Schools Must Speak for Themselves

The Case for School Self-Evaluation

By: John MacBeath

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Schools Must Speak for Themselves

The Case for School Self-Evaluation

By: John MacBeath

This best-selling book illustrates how schools can tell their own story. It draws on ground-breaking work with the National Union of Teachers to demonstrate a practical approach to identifying what makes a good school and the part that pupils, parents and teachers can play in school improvement. Its usefulness for and use by, classroom teachers to evaluate their practice will prove to be its greatest strength in an ever expanding effectiveness literature.

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1134626258

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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

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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

Learning how to learn is an essential preparation for lifelong learning. While this is widely acknowledged by teachers, they have lacked a rich professional knowledge base from which they can teach their pupils to learn how to learn. This book makes a major contribution by building on previous work associated with ‘assessment for learning’. Improving Learning How to Learn is based on the findings of a major development and research project that explored what teachers can do in their classroom practice to help pupils acquire the knowledge and skills of learning how to learn. This book will be of interest to all those concerned with improving classroom learning and assessment. A practical companion book, Learning How to Learn: Tools for Schools, is also available from Routledge.

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1134138431

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Reinventing Schools, Reforming Teaching

From Political Visions to Classroom Reality

By: John Bangs,John Macbeath,Maurice Galton

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Reinventing Schools, Reforming Teaching

From Political Visions to Classroom Reality

By: John Bangs,John Macbeath,Maurice Galton

This book considers the impact of educational policies on those who have to translate political priorities into the day-to-day work of schools and classrooms.

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Learning in and Out of School

The Selected Works of John MacBeath

By: John E. C. MacBeath

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The Selected Works of John MacBeath

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Education and Schooling

Myth, Heresy and Misconception

By: John MacBeath

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Education and Schooling

Myth, Heresy and Misconception

By: John MacBeath

Written in an easily accessible style, each chapter of this book illuminates deeper lying issues about the nature of schooling, learning, leadership, research, and the impact of globalisation on the lives of schools, teachers, children and families. Each of the seven themes, or lenses, through which the education system is viewed, will be of value to teachers and school leaders, as well as to academics and students on education programmes.

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1135039070

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Improving School Effectiveness

By: MacBeath, John,Mortimore, Peter

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Improving School Effectiveness

By: MacBeath, John,Mortimore, Peter

This work sets out to answer questions such as, what have we learned after three decades of research into school effectiveness? What can we say with confidence about how schools improve? It reviews findings from seminal international work.

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0335206875

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Teachers Under Pressure

By: Maurice Galton,John MacBeath

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By: Maurice Galton,John MacBeath

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Schools on the Edge

Responding to Challenging Circumstances

By: John MacBeath,John M Gray,Jane Cullen,David Frost,Susan Steward,Sue Swaffield

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Schools on the Edge

Responding to Challenging Circumstances

By: John MacBeath,John M Gray,Jane Cullen,David Frost,Susan Steward,Sue Swaffield

′An ideal text for challenging the thinking of those studying for NPQH... The conclusion by the authors suggests nine major points to consider if improvement for schools in extremely challenging circumstances is to happen and be sustained. These ′nine lesson for policy makers′ are very frank and pertinent points, let′s hope at least some of our policy makers read them!′ - ESCalate ′Rarely does a book on education reform capture both the big and the small picture with such brilliant clarity. MacBeath and his colleagues furnish a ′no holds barred′ account of the ins and outs of understanding and assessing the impact of schools struggling for success. A fascinating read′ - Michael Fullan, Professor Emeritus, OISE/University of Toronto Schools serving young people on the margins of society face a major challenge in trying to create an environment where students can succeed. The book examines key issues in the field of school improvement. More specifically, it draws on evidence from the SFECC (Schools Facing Exceptionally Challenging Circumstances) project to explore: o the policy context of schools on the edge o the nature of extreme challenges o the way schools have responded to extreme challenge o what seems to be effective in helping such schools to meet the challenge o obstacles to success and the facilities and resources that can make a difference o strategies to meet the needs of the local community and facilitate lasting change. Each of the authors has wide experience of school effectiveness and improvement, and of working with schools in disadvantaged communities in Britain, the USA and many other parts of the world. School leaders, local authorities, practitioners and all those involved in any aspect of school leadership and school improvement will find this book highly pertinent.

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144624492X

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Strengthening the Connections between Leadership and Learning

Challenges to Policy, School and Classroom Practice

By: John MacBeath,Neil Dempster,David Frost,Greer Johnson,Sue Swaffield

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Strengthening the Connections between Leadership and Learning

Challenges to Policy, School and Classroom Practice

By: John MacBeath,Neil Dempster,David Frost,Greer Johnson,Sue Swaffield

Examining a decade of research and practice, this book makes the case for a radical reappraisal of leadership, learning, and their interrelationship in educational policy. Discussing whether policy direction is progressively constraining the professionalism and initiative of teachers and school leaders, it challenges conventional understanding and argues the case for thinking differently about the way to lead learning. Based on the Leadership for Learning (LfL) Project, the book clarifies, extends, and refines LfL principles and practices, and their contribution to ameliorating some of the difficult conditions encountered in the contemporary educational policy environment. It starts by discussing the direction and influence of current education policy and its subsequent consequences; chapters then move on to explore the framing values informing the LfL Projects, particularly focusing on what they imply for commitments to social justice, children’s rights and breadth in student learning, and considering how to create favourable conditions for learning. Identifying a disconnect between seminal principles and the nature of day-to-day practice, Strengthening the Connections between Leadership and Learning challenges school policy and practice at national and local levels. It is an essential read for postgraduate students, especially those studying leadership in education, as well as for teachers and policymakers in schools.

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1351165305

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Self-evaluation in the Global Classroom

By: John E. C. MacBeath,Hidenori Sugimine

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Self-evaluation in the Global Classroom

By: John E. C. MacBeath,Hidenori Sugimine

This study compares actual teaching and learning experiences in schools in the UK, Sweden, Japan, Germany and the Czech Republic with a view to improving schools.

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Psychology Press

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041525826X

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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

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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

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 professional knowledge base for teachers by building on previous work associated with ‘formative assessment’ or ‘assessment for learning’ which has a strong evidence base, and is now being promoted nationally and internationally. However, it adds an important new dimension by reporting the conditions within schools, and across networks of schools, that are conducive to the promotion, in classrooms, of learning how to learn as an extension of assessment for learning. There is a companion book, Learning How to Learn in Classrooms: Tools for schools (also available from Routledge), which provides practical resources for those teachers looking to put into practice the principles covered in this book.

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1134138423

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Self-Evaluation in European Schools

A Story of Change

By: Lars Jakobsen

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Self-Evaluation in European Schools

A Story of Change

By: Lars Jakobsen

In a political and economic climate in which school performance is made public, performance tables and inspectors' reports can only tell a partial story. This is a unique book. It tells the story of one school seen through the eyes of a pupil, a parent, a teacher, a headteacher and a critical friend. The story is a compelling journey through the process of school improvement; theories of school effectiveness and school improvement are progressively clarified. This book is based on a well-known and well-documented research project that represents eighteen European countries, which clearly sets it in a European Policy context. It includes a wealth of practical tools for raising standards for teachers and school managers to refer to, and guidance on how to use them. This eagerly awaited follow-up to Schools Must Speak for Themselves by John MacBeath (RoutledgeFalmer 1999) is a vital and useful source of good ideas, challenging insights and practical strategies for real schools.

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1134582366

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Schools Must Speak for Themselves

The Case for School Self-Evaluation

By: John MacBeath

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The Case for School Self-Evaluation

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Self-evaluation in European Schools

A Story of Change

By: John E. C. MacBeath

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A Story of Change

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This book is based on a well-known and well- documented research project that represents eighteen European countries. It includes practical tools for raising standards in schools and guidance on how to use them.

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Self-Evaluation

What's In It For Schools?

By: John MacBeath,Archie Mcglynn

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Self-Evaluation

What's In It For Schools?

By: John MacBeath,Archie Mcglynn

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 for Schools? demystifies school self-evaluation and encourages schools to be self-critical and self-confident. The book helps schools and teachers develop the necessary confidence to work with evaluation tools. Accessible and packed with case studies, it tackles the issues that are at the forefront of the national agenda in most countries in Europe. Challenging ideas for the future are given through discussion of the concerns and issues of schools in the present day.

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School Inspection & Self-Evaluation

Working with the New Relationship

By: John Macbeath

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School Inspection & Self-Evaluation

Working with the New Relationship

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Written for heads and teachers but also containing useful pointers for inspectors, this forward-thinking book examines exactly what the relationship between inspection and self-evaluation means for schools.

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Reforming or Re-inventing Schools?

Key Issues in School and System Reform

By: John MacBeath,Maurice Galton,John Bangs

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Reforming or Re-inventing Schools?

Key Issues in School and System Reform

By: John MacBeath,Maurice Galton,John Bangs

What has changed and what will change in the next decade? Reforming or Re-inventing Schools? revisits some of the key issues in school and system reform, with a reflection on developments in the English education system and internationally. It offers an insightful review and critique of education principles and their relationship to school practice, exploring some of the myths as well as examining the potential value of comparative data. Drawing on new evidence and interviews with a group of policy makers and academics on the British and international stages, this book asks: What do parents, children and ‘society’ want from a system of education? What motivates teachers to join the profession and why do such large numbers leave so soon? What are the roots of misunderstanding and mismanagement in provision, support and accountability? How do teachers communicate, support and exchange ideas with each other? How do we measure positive change? Examining the roots and conditions for growth, and comparing and contrasting the situation in the United Kingdom with innovative development taking place elsewhere in the rest of the world, Reforming or Re-inventing Schools? is an essential read for anyone interested in school and country performance at a national and international level.

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1000034380

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