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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Reforming or Re-inventing Schools? Key issues in scho
 ol and system reform. - John MacBeath\, John Bangs\, Sir Alasdair Macdonal
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CONTACT:Joy Giannaros
DESCRIPTION:Reforming or Re-inventing Schools? revisits some of the key is
 sues in school and system reform\, offering an insightful review and criti
 que of education principles and practice. It explores some of the myths as
  well as the potential value of comparative data. Drawing on new evidence 
 and interviews with policy makers and academics on the British and interna
 tional stages\, the authors ask:\n\n• What do parents\, children and ‘
 society’ want from an education system?\n• What motivates teachers to 
 join the profession and why do such large numbers leave so soon?\n• What
  are the roots of misunderstanding and mismanagement in provision\, suppor
 t and accountability?\n• How do teachers communicate\, support and excha
 nge ideas with each other?\n• How do we measure positive change?\n• Ho
 w good is our education system in comparison to innovative development tak
 ing place elsewhere in the rest of the world?\n\nJohn MacBeath and John Ba
 ngs will be reflecting on the changes that have taken place in education p
 ractice and policy since the publication of their first book Reinventing S
 chools Reforming Teaching ten years ago. They will not only cover developm
 ents in the UK but changes which have taken place internationally.\n\nAn i
 ntroduction to the book\, its relevance for school leadership\, classroom 
 practice and policy making will be addressed by Sir Alasdair Macdonald. As
  headteacher of Morpeth School in Tower Hamlets he remained faithful to hi
 s staff and pupils over a 21 year period in which pupil attainment rose si
 gnificantly. The school was rated as ‘outstanding’\, featuring in the 
 London Evening Standard’s first ever ‘Most improved School’.
LOCATION: Donald McIntyre Building\, Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road
 \, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, room GS5
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