Must reads for teachers!

This page is a copy of one in the blog of @davidfawcett27. The link to his page is:

http://reflectionsofmyteaching.blogspot.com.es/2012/04/must-reads-for-teachers.html?spref=tw

This man, David, with the help of other teachers, has compiled a considerable number of books which are a must read for teachers. This list was very useful for me and I want to keep it on mind by posting it here. Thank you David for sharing with us this treasure.

So here is the list (in no particular order):

‘Why Do I Need A Teacher When I’ve Got Google’.  Ian Gilbert

‘Mindset: How You Can Fulfill Your Potential’.  Carol S. Dweck

‘Learning to Learn in Practice’. Alistair Smith, Mark Lovatt and John Turner

‘Evidence Based Teaching’.  Geoff Petty

‘Self-theories: Their Role in Motivation, Personality, and Development (Essays in Social Psychology)’. Carol S. Dweck

‘An ethic of excellence’ by Ron Berger (Thanks @saidthemac)

‘The Teacher’s Toolkit: Raise classroom achievement with strategies for every learner’. Paul Ginnis

‘The Little Book of Big Stuff About The Brain’:  Andrew Curran

‘The Lazy Teacher’s Handbook’.  Jim Smith  (could be  the next one)

‘Full On Learning: Involve Me and I’ll Understand’.  Zoe Elder (Numerous recomemndations)

‘Teaching Today: A Practical Guide’.  Geoff Petty

‘SOLO Taxonomy’ by Pam Hook (Thanks @dockers_hoops)

‘The Perfect English Ofsted Lesson’. David Didau (Numerous recommendations)

‘Visible Learning for Teachers’ – John Hattie (Thanks @damianainscough & @LGolton)

‘High Performers’ – Alistair Smith (Thanks @damianainscough)

‘Creating Tomorrow’s Schools Today’ by Richard Gerver (Thanks @dockers_hoops)

‘Inspirational Teachers Inspirational Learners’ by Will Ryan (Thanks @dockers_hoops)

‘Building Learning Power’ by Guy Claxton (Thanks @dockers_hoops)

‘What the best college teachers do’ by Ken Bain (Thanks @pllatreille)                (I read it some years ago)

‘Making learning whole’ by David Perkins (Thanks @saidthemac)

‘Understanding by Design’ –  Mctighe and Wiggins (Thanks @damianainscough)

‘Embedded Formative Assessment’ – Dylan Wiliam(Thanks @damianainscough)

‘Why students don’t like school’ by Daniel Willingham (Thanks @DrDav )

‘The Big Book of Independent Thinking’ by Ian Gilbert (Thanks @James1980Wilson)

‘The Idle Parent: Why Less Means More When Raising Kids’ by Tom Hodgkinson (Thanks @James1980Wilson)

‘Hidden Lives of Learners’ by Graham Nuthall (Thanks @Cinderhills)

‘How to Teach’ by Phil Beadle (Thanks @dockers_hoops)

‘Closing the Learning Gap’ by Mike Hughes (Thanks @dockers_hoops)

‘Tweak to Transform’ by Mike Hughes (Thanks @Cinderhills)

‘Leading the Learning School’ by Colin Weatherley (Thanks @Cinderhills)

‘Dancing About Architecture: A Little Book of Creativity by Phil Beadle (Numerous recommendations)

‘OOps!  Helping Childern Learn Accidentally’.  Hywel Roberts (Numerous reccomendations)

Next objective: to cross out all the list, having read all the books that are on it.