Facebook Pixel

Teaching Book Summaries

Out of Our Minds Summary
Out of Our Minds
Learning to Be Creative
by Ken Robinson 2001 288 pages
3.94
4k+ ratings
Education
Psychology
Business
Why Don't Students Like School? Summary
Why Don't Students Like School?
by Daniel T. Willingham 2010 240 pages
4.04
5k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Psychology
Telling Ain't Training Summary
Telling Ain't Training
by Harold D. Stolovitch 2011 312 pages
4.10
100+ ratings
Business
Teaching
Education
The Water Is Wide Summary
The Water Is Wide
by Pat Conroy 2002 320 pages
4.16
25k+ ratings
Memoir
Biography
Education
How Children Succeed Summary
How Children Succeed
Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
by Paul Tough 2012 231 pages
3.89
24k+ ratings
Parenting
Education
Psychology
The Death and Life of the Great American School System Summary
The Death and Life of the Great American School System
How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education
by Diane Ravitch 2010 296 pages
4.05
5k+ ratings
Education
Politics
Teaching
The Smartest Kids in the World Summary
The Smartest Kids in the World
And How They Got That Way
by Amanda Ripley 2013 320 pages
4.07
14k+ ratings
Education
Parenting
Psychology
How Learning Works Summary
How Learning Works
Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching
by Susan A. Ambrose 2010 301 pages
4.12
1k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Psychology
Beyond Bullet Points, 3rd Edition Summary
Beyond Bullet Points, 3rd Edition
Using Microsoft PowerPoint to Create Presentations That Inform, Motivate, and Inspire
by Cliff Atkinson 2011 352 pages
3.69
500+ ratings
Business
Reference
Teaching
The Well-Trained Mind Summary
The Well-Trained Mind
A Guide to Classical Education at Home
by Susan Wise Bauer 2009 864 pages
4.33
7k+ ratings
Education
Parenting
Reference
Kids Are Worth It! Summary
Kids Are Worth It!
Giving Your Child the Gift of Inner Discipline
by Barbara Coloroso 2002 352 pages
4.2
1k+ ratings
Parenting
Psychology
Self Help
How We Learn Summary
How We Learn
The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens
by Benedict Carey 2014 272 pages
3.91
7k+ ratings
Education
Psychology
Science
e-Learning by Design Summary
e-Learning by Design
by William Horton 2006 640 pages
3.89
100+ ratings
Education
Reference
Academic
Punished by Rewards Summary
Punished by Rewards
The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise and Other Bribes
by Alfie Kohn 1995 398 pages
4.16
4k+ ratings
Parenting
Education
Psychology
Accelerated Learning for the 21st Century Summary
Accelerated Learning for the 21st Century
The Six-Step Plan to Unlock Your Master-Mind
by Colin Rose 2011 417 pages
3.92
100+ ratings
Education
Psychology
Self Help
Creative Schools Summary
Creative Schools
The Grassroots Revolution That's Transforming Education
by Ken Robinson 2015 320 pages
4.11
3k+ ratings
Teaching
Parenting
Psychology
Einstein Never Used Flash Cards Summary
Einstein Never Used Flash Cards
How Our Children Really Learn — and Why They Need to Play More and Memorize Less
by Kathy Hirsh-Pasek 2004 320 pages
3.93
1k+ ratings
Parenting
Education
Psychology
Free to Learn Summary
Free to Learn
by Peter O. Gray 2015 289 pages
4.27
3k+ ratings
Parenting
Psychology
Childrens
The Importance of Being Little Summary
The Importance of Being Little
What Young Children Really Need from Grownups
by Erika Christakis 2016 399 pages
3.73
1k+ ratings
Parenting
Education
Childrens
Teach Like a PIRATE Summary
Teach Like a PIRATE
Increase Student Engagement, Boost Your Creativity, and Transform Your Life as an Educator
by Dave Burgess 2012 198 pages
3.99
6k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
School
The Innovator's Mindset Summary
The Innovator's Mindset
Empower Learning, Unleash Talent, and Lead a Culture of Creativity
by George Couros 2015 250 pages
4.17
2k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Leadership
For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'all Too Summary
For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'all Too
Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education
by Christopher Emdin 2016 232 pages
4.08
4k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Social Justice
The End of Education Summary
The End of Education
Redefining the Value of School
by Neil Postman 2011 225 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
Education
Philosophy
Teaching
Visible Learning for Teachers Summary
Visible Learning for Teachers
Maximizing Impact on Learning
by John Hattie 2011 280 pages
4.03
1k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
School
Robot-Proof Summary
Robot-Proof
Higher Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
by Joseph E. Aoun
3.65
500+ ratings
Education
Artificial Intelligence
Science
The Art and Science of Training Summary
The Art and Science of Training
by Elaine Biech 2016 304 pages
4.02
100+ ratings
Teaching
Education
Is Everyone Really Equal? Summary
Is Everyone Really Equal?
An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education
by Özlem Sensoy 2017 288 pages
4.06
1k+ ratings
Education
Social Justice
Race
Teach Like Finland Summary
Teach Like Finland
33 Simple Strategies for Joyful Classrooms
by Timothy D. Walker 2017 235 pages
3.86
2k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Parenting
Making Thinking Visible Summary
Making Thinking Visible
How to Promote Engagement, Understanding, and Independence for All Learners
by Ron Ritchhart 2011 320 pages
4.23
1k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
School
Schools That Learn (Updated and Revised) Summary
Schools That Learn (Updated and Revised)
A Fifth Discipline Fieldbook for Educators, Parents, and Everyone Who Cares About Education
by Peter M. Senge 2012 608 pages
4.12
100+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Leadership
School Culture Rewired Summary
School Culture Rewired
How to Define, Assess, and Transform It
by Steve Gruenert 2015 130 pages
3.84
100+ ratings
Education
Leadership
Teaching
Powerful Teaching Summary
Powerful Teaching
Unleash the Science of Learning
by Pooja K. Agarwal 2019 352 pages
4.3
500+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Psychology
The Knowledge Gap Summary
The Knowledge Gap
The Hidden Cause of America's Broken Education System — and How to Fix it
by Natalie Wexler 2019 336 pages
4.15
4k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Parenting
All Learning Is Social and Emotional Summary
All Learning Is Social and Emotional
Helping Students Develop Essential Skills for the Classroom and Beyond
by Nancy Frey 2019 197 pages
3.81
100+ ratings
Education
School
Teaching
The Courage to Teach Summary
The Courage to Teach
Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life, 10th Anniversary Edition
by Parker J. Palmer 2022 713 pages
3.97
4k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Philosophy
What Great Teachers Do Differently Summary
What Great Teachers Do Differently
17 Things That Matter Most
by Todd Whitaker 2015 144 pages
3.94
1k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
School
Motivating Students Who Don't Care Summary
Motivating Students Who Don't Care
Successful Techniques for Educators
by Allen N. Mendler 2009 80 pages
3.57
100+ ratings
Education
Teaching
School
Teach Students How to Learn Summary
Teach Students How to Learn
Strategies You Can Incorporate Into Any Course to Improve Student Metacognition, Study Skills, and Motivation
by Saundra Yancy McGuire 2015 341 pages
4.18
100+ ratings
Teaching
Education
Self Help
What's Math Got to Do with It? Summary
What's Math Got to Do with It?
How Teachers and Parents Can Transform Mathematics Learning and Inspire Success
by Jo Boaler 2015 218 pages
4.40
500+ ratings
Education
Mathematics
Teaching
The Secret Teacher Summary
The Secret Teacher
Dispatches from the Classroom
by Anonymous 2017 255 pages
3.72
500+ ratings
Teaching
Memoir
Education
Fact vs. Fiction Summary
Fact vs. Fiction
Teaching Critical Thinking Skills in the Age of Fake News
by Jennifer Lagarde 2018 312 pages
4.45
100+ ratings
Education
Adult
Teaching
Frames of Mind Summary
Frames of Mind
The Theory of Multiple Intelligences
by Howard Gardner 2011 530 pages
3.99
2k+ ratings
Psychology
Education
Science
Dumbing Us Down - 25th Anniversary Hardback Edition Summary
Dumbing Us Down - 25th Anniversary Hardback Edition
The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling - 25th Anniversary Edition
by John Taylor Gatto 2017 144 pages
4.15
10k+ ratings
Education
Parenting
Politics
Reading in the Wild Summary
Reading in the Wild
The Book Whisperer's Keys to Cultivating Lifelong Reading Habits
by Donalyn Miller 2013 352 pages
4.46
5k+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Adult
Disrupting Class Summary
Disrupting Class
How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns
by Clayton M. Christensen 2010 273 pages
3.86
1k+ ratings
Education
Business
Teaching
I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had Summary
I'd Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had
My Year as a Rookie Teacher at Northeast High
by Tony Danza 2012 274 pages
3.85
4k+ ratings
Education
Memoir
Biography
How Children Learn Summary
How Children Learn
by John C. Holt 2017 314 pages
4.19
3k+ ratings
Education
Parenting
Psychology
Launch Summary
Launch
Using Design Thinking to Boost Creativity and Bring Out the Maker in Every Student
by John Spencer 2016 298 pages
4.09
500+ ratings
Education
Teaching
Design
The Exceptional Presenter Summary
The Exceptional Presenter
A Proven Formula to Open Up and Own the Room
by Timothy J. Koegel 2022 192 pages
3.66
500+ ratings
Business
Self Help
Communication
Lies My Teacher Told Me Summary
Lies My Teacher Told Me
Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
by James W. Loewen 2008 416 pages
3.97
70k+ ratings
History
Education
Politics
Create a free account to unlock:
Bookmarks – save your favorite books
History – revisit books later
Ratings – rate books & see your ratings
Unlock unlimited listening
Your first week's on us!
Today: Get Instant Access
Listen to full summaries of 73,530 books. That's 12,000+ hours of audio!
Day 4: Trial Reminder
We'll send you a notification that your trial is ending soon.
Day 7: Your subscription begins
You'll be charged on Nov 28,
cancel anytime before.
Compare Features Free Pro
Read full text summaries
Summaries are free to read for everyone
Listen to summaries
12,000+ hours of audio
Unlimited Bookmarks
Free users are limited to 10
Unlimited History
Free users are limited to 10
What our users say
30,000+ readers
“...I can 10x the number of books I can read...”
“...exceptionally accurate, engaging, and beautifully presented...”
“...better than any amazon review when I'm making a book-buying decision...”
Save 62%
Yearly
$119.88 $44.99/yr
$3.75/mo
Monthly
$9.99/mo
Try Free & Unlock
7 days free, then $44.99/year. Cancel anytime.
Settings
Appearance