Books that matter

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Comment by A. A. Karim on January 14, 2011 at 9:00am

I would recommend this book as a must read for all educators – How Learning Works: 7 Research-based Principles for Smart Teaching. The authors are principally from Carnege Mellons' Centre for Teaching Excellence (S.A. Ambrose, M. Dipietro, M.C. Lovett, M.K. Norman), and also including one (M.W. Bridges) from the University of Pittsburgh. It is written in a simple, concise, straight to the point, well organized, and clearly written. I blog about it here:
http://onestoplearning.blogspot.com/2011/01/understanding-how-learn...

Comment by Lea Hansen on December 16, 2010 at 10:38am

Other books that made a deep impact:

Lies My Teacher Told Me, James Loewen

Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich

You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train, Howard Zinn

All the President's Men, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein

Savage Inequalities, Jonathon Kozal

 

 

 

Comment by Lea Hansen on December 10, 2010 at 10:31am

A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn....this book is the reason I became a history teacher.

Comment by Jamie on November 17, 2009 at 6:53pm

Not sure it has been posted here but... A Whole New Mind by Daniel Pink. A must read for educators.

Comment by Gaby Richard-Harrington on December 11, 2008 at 12:03pm

I read Teaching Outside the Box by LouAnne Johnson. I like the practical ideas she gave for engaging students. I also read Whatever It Takes: How Professional Learning Communities Respond When Kids Don't Learn by Richard DuFour, Rebecca DuFour, Robert Eaker, and Gayle Karhanek. It has also some very different ideas of staffing and solutions to re-engage students.

Comment by LKF on October 11, 2008 at 8:46am

I have just listed an entire group of books on my personal blog...please visit:
http://theacademyforearlylearning.blogspot.com for a complete list of what has "rocked my world," from summer reading until now...LKF