On Reading:
The Book Whisperer, by Donalyn Miller
Reading in the Wild, by Donalyn Miller
Book Love, by Penny Kittle
Proust and the Squid:
The Story and Science of the Reading Brain, by Maryanne Wolfe (brilliant
and beautiful, but more complex than the titles above; this is one of my
all-time favorite books)
Reading in the Brain, by Stanislas Dehaene (a little more scientific and technical, but a very interesting read.)
On Early Childhood (Great for parents as well)
Your Child’s Growing Mind, by Jane Healy
Einstein Never Used Flashcards, by Hirsch and Golinkoff
What Every Kindergarten Teacher Should Know, by M.B.Wilson
On Math:
What’s Math Got to Do With It? By Joanne Boaler (some interesting insights, even though I'm generally critical of Jo Boaler's approaches, which have fuelled so much of contemporary "reform" Math instruction in the US)
Number Sense, by Stanislas Dehaene (quite scientific, little
more difficult but interesting)
On Teaching Character
Mindset, by Carol Dweck
How Children Succeed, by Paul Tough
The Whole Brain Child, by Daniel Siegel
On
Schools/Education/Learning more generally
The One World Schoolhouse, by Salman Khan (founder of the
Khan academy)
Education Nation, by Milton Chen
Why Children Don’t Like School, by Daniel Willingham
Beyond the Tiger Mom: East-West Parenting & Education
for the Global Age, by Maya Thiagarajan (Lots of great info on math, reading, memory and other hot-button education topics.)
On Assessment
Embedding Formative Assessment: Practical techniques for
K-12 teachers, by Dylan Williams
On Learning and the
Brain/Neuroscience
How the Brain Works, by Donald Kotulak
The Jossey Bass Reader on the Brain and Learning, Edited by
Kurt Fischer
The Shallows: What the Internet is doing to our Brains, by
Nicolas Carr
Brain Rules, by John Medina
On the Importance
of Nature for Children
Last Child in the Woods, by Richard Louv
On Curriculum
Design and Pedagogy
Essential Questions: Opening Doors to Student Understanding, by
Jay McTighe and Grant Wiggins
Understanding By Design, by Jay McTighe and Grant Wiggins
Making Thinking Visible (multiple authors)
Cultivating Intellectual Character, Ron Ritchard (I found this book really interesting, and it certainly had a big impact on my teaching.)
On East-West
Differences in Education and Learning
The Cultural Foundations of Learning, by Jin Li (very
academic, but very interesting)
Beyond The Tiger Mom: East-West Parenting for the Global Age, by Maya Thiagarajan
On Multiple
Intelligences
Frames of Mind, by Howard Gardner
Multiple Intelligences, by Howard Gardner
Emotional Intelligence, by Daniel Goleman
Other Important
Books for Educators
Quiet, by Susan Cane (on introverted children)
Rapt: Attention and the Focused Life, by Winifred Gallagher
(on focus and attention)
Flourish, by Martin Seligman (on Positive Psychology)
Really recommended very nice books
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