Product reviews for Thinking Allowed

Experience of working alongside Mick Waters as a member of the school improvement team within a local authority enabled me to review this book with added awareness of Mick's professional and personal abilities. He stimulates thinking and offers practical perspectives gained from a breadth of experience at the “coal face”. His voice, that challenges many aspects of current thinking, offers a practical and realistic approach to address key issues faced by staff within schools and colleges. Current key foci of inspection teams is to raise aspirations and challenge pupils and students to improve achievement and performance. Mick, in his own inimitable style talks realistically on p179 onwards, “unleashing aspirations and sending the human spirit soaring..... aspiration is than simply upbeat slogans”. A brilliant book encapsulating all of Mick's abilities, experience and skills to stimulate staff and students to think outside of the box.