Exploring the most significant challenges facing independent schools today, this book asks leading figures from education, economics, politics, philosophy and the arts to give their views on how independent schools can adapt to rapidly changing markets which see them scrutinized as never before.

Building on the authors' experience with their own doctoral students, this easy-to-read guide, helps and encourages students to write and complete their thesis faster.

Showing the connection between neurobiology and learning from a gendered perspective, the author provides classic, time-tested research combined with cutting-edge findings applied successfully in her own classroom.