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Book Synopsis''A hugely reassuring, common-sense guide no parent of teenage boys should be without.'' -
Sunday TimesIn his bestselling
An Intelligent Person's Guide to Education, Tony Little, former Head Master of Eton College, asks the fundamental questions about how we should make our schools and schoolchildren fit for the modern world. Published with a new preface by the author, this book will enlighten teachers, students and anxious parents alike, providing advice from the author's many years as a teacher, headmaster and governor in both independent schools and academies, in answer to the key issues concerning education. Tony Little explains the research behind how teenagers' brains function and how they act accordingly, discusses how to deal with sex, drugs and poor discipline, reassesses the meaning of character' in a child's education, and provides his own list of books every bright 16-year-old should read. In addition, he offers tips for parents on dealing with adolesce
Trade ReviewHere is a man who has spent a lifetime getting to know children well, and has been thinking as hard about what they need as their parents have … [
An Intelligent Person's Guide to Education] is a humane and committed introduction to how the rest of us, parents and teachers alike, can use our own common sense. * Daily Telegraph *
A hugely reassuring, common-sense guide no parent of teenage boys should be without. Little's 10 top tips for dealing with adolescents are alone worth the cover price. -- Sian Griffiths * Sunday Times *
This is a work of reflection, humility and insight ... Brisk, well-written and warm ... [an] intelligent account of a lifetime spent teaching, learning and leading in the smartest echelons of the English education system. -- Tristram Hunt MP * New Statesman *
Enlightening and enriching ... full of common sense. * Daily Mail *
This is a wonderful book. Tony Little captures the magic, the surprising alchemy that makes things work in an outstanding school, and offers hope and inspiration to people elsewhere. -- Carey Schofield * Spectator *
Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1 'What Good are Schools?' 2 The Shrinking Curriculum 3 Vocation, Vocation, Vocation 4 Adolescence 5 Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll 6 Character and Discipline 7 Imagination 8 Spirituality 9 Reading 10 Turning it Around 11 Boarding 12 Co-Ed or Not Co-Ed? 13 'Doing the Job' 14 Ten Questions that Need Answers
Acknowledgements Further reading
