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James Nottingham has a new website to support and promote his new book, Challenging Learning. On there you will find a new biography, more details about the training and keynotes he offers, and free downloads and links.
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Short Biography
James Nottingham is a much sought-after keynote speaker and trainer. With experience of teaching across the Early Years, Primary and Secondary age range, he identifies powerful ways to improve education using considerable clarity, insight and humour.
Recent engagements include keynote speeches at major international conferences, whole-day seminars for groups ranging from 10 - 500, and thought-provoking workshops across the UK, Europe (particularly Norway, Sweden and Spain), Australiasia, and North America.
In 2009, James was listed among the Future 500 - a ‘definitive list of the UK's most forward-thinking and brightest innovators.’
James is also:
- Author of Challenging Learning, a book that includes the most up-to-date and impressive research on teaching and learning, as well as lesson plans and practical strategies to make your work with pupils more enjoyable and effective.
- Co-Director of p4c.com, a resource and collaboration site for Philosophy for Children (P4C) and the development of Communities of Inquiry.
- European Coordinator for the international network of Community Designed Schools (CDE), a hugely successful programme helping organisations develop leadership and a shared vision.
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Full Biography
James Nottingham has taught in primary, secondary, middle and special schools and is now director of his own company, committed to the creation of world-class education through improvements in teaching and learning, communication, creativity and leadership. With a well-earned reputation as an inspirational keynote speaker and presenter, James was recently listed among the Future500 by the Observer newspaper, a "definitive list of the UK's most forward-thinking and brightest innovators"
James grew up in Yorkshire and began his professional life as an industrial quality controller. He then volunteered for charity work in apartheid South Africa before returning to the UK to work as a child care officer and teaching assistant at a 3 - 18 school for deaf children. He later trained as a teacher at Charlotte Mason College in Ambleside, graduating with first class honours and, as head of department led the development of thinking skills across the curriculum, working alongside David Leat and colleagues at the University of Newcastle. He was directly responsible for generating considerable interest in Philosophy for Children (P4C) and enquiry-led learning in north east schools and in 1999 featured in a nationally televised documentary about this successful and transformational approach.
The following year, James co-founded a social enterprise project to regenerate areas of the UK characterised by under-employment, low aspirations and lack of community engagement (RAIS). By supporting teaching and learning in schools ranging from very large comprehensives to small, 10-pupil rural nurseries, as well as working with families and community groups, this project grew into a multi-million pound project that was recognised with an outstanding contribution award in 2005.
Along the way, James has qualified as a senior trainer in P4C, as well as a teacher of English as an additional language (EAL), has trained with Edward de Bono at the University of Malta and has written a number of articles for Nursery Education, Junior Education, and Teaching Thinking and Creativity. Now he travels the world supporting nurseries, schools, universities and learning networks in the pursuit of excellence, is the European coordinator for the international Community Designed Education network, and co-founder of p4c.com, an international resource and collaboration website for philosophy for children and the community of inquiry.
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