Presentations

HMC Conference, St Andrews

What follows is the complete text of John Abbott’s presentation to the Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference in St Andrews, October 2011, and represents the first ... Read on

13th Annual CiCe Network Conference, Dublin

It’s your world to shape, not just to take

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Richmond School District Conference

“Overschooled but Undereducated: how the crisis in education is jeopardising our adolescents”

Vancouver Pupil Conference

“Your wonderful brain, and your responsibility to use it wisely”

Reading Head Teacher’s Conference

As some 25-30 people took copies of the book Overschooled but Undereducated
I would be very interested in hearing from any of them with reactions to
what they have read in that book.

Atlantic College

Slide presentation used on September 28th, 2010. John Abbott will be returning to Atlantic College sometime in early November to discuss with those students that ... Read on

A School that Fits: Public Meeting 9th July, 2010

Q and A from a public meeting held on 9th July, 2010, concerning St. Mark’s School in Larkhall.

The growing interest in the nature of adolescents

Since the Public Meeting on the 9th July I have been asked many questions about the significance in the changes in the adolescent brain. I am now putting up four Papers on Adolescence from our archives

The Centre for Urban Education CUE, Manchester Metropolitan University

This Powerpoint presentation contains all the slides I would have used had there been time at that most interesting conference held at The Lowry Gallery on Thursday 8th July for people from the Centre for Urban Education.