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In this tour de force account of his early career during the first onset of populism, Andy Hargreaves describes how political attacks on teachers and academics, on the one hand, and naive professional understandings of child-centred learning and teaching, on the other, each failed to grasp the nature of teachers’ work, the complexity of student learning, and the importance of intellectual balance. Written with incisive clarity and sparkling with self-deprecating humour, The Making of an Educator is a delight from the first page to the last, with direct relevance for all of us today who are dedicated to improving teaching and learning, wherever we may be.