Product reviews for Making of an Educator

Andy Hargreaves is a prolific international author of great renown. But what informed his thinking and how did the ideas in his many books first take hold? In this very readable and accessible book, we discover some of the background to the events and experiences that shaped Andy’s career and the evolution of his thinking on education. But this book does much more than this. It relates what happened in the 1980s and 1990s to the education issues and challenges of today and gives us a new and wiser perspective. It also unveils the personality behind the ideas in a very authentic way. Everything from being interviewed as a potential suspect in the Yorkshire Ripper manhunt to bouts of depression and struggling to make ends meet with a young family is revealed in a truly fascinating narrative. As someone who knew Andy at the time and who has observed his thinking over 40 years, I loved it.