Reimagining the Purpose of Schools and Educational Organisations Developing Critical Thinking, Agency, Beliefs in Schools and Educational Organisations

Anthony Montgomery is an Associate Professor in Work and Organizational Psychology in the Department of Education and Social Policy, University of Macedonia, Greece. Dr. Montgomery has most recently worked as an Organizational Psychologist with the Department of Applied Psychology in University College Cork (Ireland). He completed his BA at University College Dublin (Ireland), his M.Litt. at Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) and his PhD in organisational psychology at Utrecht University (The Netherlands). Since 1999, he has successfully combined the roles of organizational consultant and academic. He has consulted with public and private organisations, and has published material in both the scientific and popular press. In 2013 he organised and hosted the first International conference on reimagining schooling. Dr Ian Kehoe has 15 years' experience as an educator and organisational consultant in education. He previously worked as a consultant at The Grubb Institute of Behavioural Studies and then as an independent organisational change consultant in education and civil society. He has provided consultancy on educational change for major UK initiatives using a systems psychodynamics approach and is a co-author of the book ‘Leading Schools from Failure to Success’. His doctoral research at the University of Sheffield focused on involving young people in organisational change in schools and its implications for school leadership