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About James

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I’m a teacher trainer, keynote speaker, researcher, consultant, author and podcaster

 

Dr James Mannion is a keynote speaker, teacher trainer, researcher, consultant and author with a passion for educational and political reform. He is the co-founder and Director of Rethinking Education, a teacher training organisation specialising in implementation and improvement science, self-regulated learning and practitioner inquiry. A former teacher of 12 years, James has an MA in person-centred education from the University of Sussex and a PhD in self-regulated learning from the University of Cambridge. He is also the host of the popular Rethinking Education podcast, which has had over half a million downloads to date. James currently has four books queueing up to get out of his head. However, he is also a master procrastinator; while completing his PhD, he wrote and starred in two rock operas, with a third on the way…

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