John Catt Edu.
Director, John Catt Educational Publishing
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John Catt Educational are a leading publisher for the independent and international school market, including academies and free schools.
Publishers of the Which School? series of school directories; the IB World Schools Yearbook; the Leading Schools of the 21st Century series; the Effective International School series; and the Taking it Forward on the worldwide curriculum.
Also publishers of Academy magazine; Prep School magazine; International School magazine; and Conference & Common Room magazine.
Thinking Reading: What every secondary teacher needs to know about reading
Despite the efforts of teachers and educators, every year secondary schools across the English-speaking world turn out millions of functionally illiterate leavers. The costs in human misery and in wasted productivity are catastrophic. What can schools do to prevent this situation?
Based on their highly accessible book, James and Dianne Murphy combine more than 50 years of experience to provide teachers with a thorough, easy to use introduction to the extensive research on reading and its effects on student achievement. Drawing on the work of experts from around the world, the authors explore how we learn to read, how the many myths and misconceptions around reading developed, and why they continue to persist.
Max Coates: It's Doing My Head In - Leading complex organisations with a Palaeolithic brain
Max Coates' session is based on his erudite but immensely readable book on leadership, unlike any other. Max, with humanity, explores the destructive nature of stress and shows us how failure to understand its genesis will wreak havoc on the life of a leader - both professionally and personally.
This is a personal take on leadership; yet it is also packed with masses of scholarly references to prompt further reading and research for the curious reader. Anyone who leads, or who aspires to lead, will gain a huge amount from what amounts to a lifetime's wisdom, reflection and advice compressed into this one book.
Neil Carmichael: Progressive, Productive, Proper - A new reform agenda for Education
Neil Carmichael earned cross-party plaudits and deep respect for his work as chair of the Education Select committee from 2015-2017. Here, delegates are taken through the key challenges facing the economy and society in the 21st century, acquainted with the public policies and structures underpinning ongoing reforms, and introduced to ideas to create an education system capable of delivering an innovative, fair, competitive and resilient economy for the decades to come.
David Bartram: Great Expectations - Leading an Effective SEND Strategy in School
David Bartram leads delegates through the issues raised in his excellent new book, a selection of essays from leading educationalists and school leaders with a track record of improving outcomes for children and young people with additional needs, highlighting the significant role that school leaders play in shaping effective practice in SEND.
Based on the SEND Review Guide, a national self-evaluation framework part-funded by the DfE and authored by David Bartram and Vijita Patel, downloaded by over 3000 schools, the book is divided into eight sections: Leadership; Teaching and Learning; Working with Pupils and Parents; Identification and Assessment; Monitoring and Tracking; Efficient Use of Resources; Developing Provision; Improving Outcomes.
Tom Sherrington: The Learning Rainforest - great teaching in real classrooms
A fascinating tour of Tom's best selling book, The Learning Rainforest, which brilliantly captures different elements of our understanding and experience of the art and science of teaching.
It is a celebration of great teaching and the intellectual and personal rewards that it brings. It’s aimed at all teachers; busy people working in complex environments with little time to spare.
The core of the book is a guide to making teaching both effective and manageable using a three-part structure: establishing conditions; building knowledge; exploring possibilities. It provides an accessible summary of key contemporary evidence-based ideas about teaching, curriculum and assessment and the debates that all teachers should be engaging in.
Barnaby Lenon: Other People's Children - what happens to the bottom 50% academically?
In 2017 Barnaby Lenon, previously the head master of Harrow School, wrote a best-selling book about high-achieving state schools in England (Much Promise). Later that year he went on a tour of Further Education colleges and started to research the fortunes of those who do less well at school.
In Other People's Children he writes about the state of vocational education in England and the implications of his findings for a post-Brexit economy.
James Mannion and Kate McAllister: Education that is greater than the sum of its pa
For five years James and Kate worked together to design and implement a whole-school, evidence-informed approach to teaching and learning known as Learning Skills.
Learning Skills is a ‘complex intervention’ comprised of multiple evidence-informed practices. In this practical guide for teachers and school leaders, James and Kate reveal a recipe for success rooted in three key concepts: metacognition (reflecting on learning); self-regulation (taking ownership over the learning process); and oracy (developing high quality speaking and listening skills).
John Catt Edu.
Director, John Catt Educational Publishing
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