Written by headteachers, teachers and the editors, this study compares actual teaching and learning experiences in schools in the UK, Sweden, Japan, Germany and the Czech Republic with a view to improving schools. Drawing on the self-evaluation project ("the learning school"), which involved students reporting on the quality of learning and teaching, school ethos and pupil experiences internationally, much evidence of pupil disengagement, boredom and poor teaching styles is exposed. This book offers insight into redressing the balance.