Janet Goodall

Janet is a Professor in the School of Education at Swansea University. She has been an active university teacher and researcher for a number of years, working on a wide range of issues, such as federations of schools, the evaluation of the impact of CPD in schools, the implementation of workforce reform, and a multisector project looking at organisations which perform beyond expectations in education, sport and business.

Her most recent work has mainly been around parents’ engagement in their children’s learning, particularly as a means of school improvement. The 2011 DFE literature review of Best Practice In Parental Engagement , on which she is first author, takes an overview of the field and suggests practical ways forward for schools. Her more recent books take both an academic stance (Narrowing the Achievement Gap) and practice (100 Ideas for Primary and Secondary Teachers) views of the subject, providing both theoretical and practical support for parents, school staff and other academics.