Education and Schooling Myth, heresy and misconception

'This engaging narrative of an academic and public intellectual's interaction with the world of educational policymaking raises sobering questions. Set in an international panorama, MacBeath's occasional successes are juxtaposed, with commendable honesty, to his disappointments. But his underlying optimism about children and the teaching enterprise give us hope'. - Distinguished Professor W. Bruce Leslie, State University of New York, USA 'John MacBeath takes us on his very personal journey through a lifetime of educational research and practice. This book clearly shows why he is an educator sought after in many countries of the world by people hoping to improve what happens in school for young people. It gives a glimpse of a way forward, if only we would listen'. - Professor Tony Townsend, Chair of Public Service, Educational Leadership and Management, University of Glasgow, UK 'The book is not only a memoire of past glories and failures (happily more of the former than the latter) but also a recipe for all our futures. I recommend this book to policymakers in the hope that even at this late stage they may be persuaded by its arguments that there is "a better way"'. - Professor Maurice Galton, University of Cambridge, UK