Best Teaching Books | Summaries & Audio

Teaching Book Summaries

10 to 25

by David Yeager • 2024

Puberty makes young people crave respect. The evidence on what happens when adults actually give it.

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🧠 Adolescent Development 🎓 Evidence-Based Education 🗣️ Respectful Communication 🌱 Growth Mindset 🫀 Stress Reframing

Immersive

10 to 25

Puberty makes young people crave respect. The evidence on what happens when adults actually give it.

by David Yeager 2024 464 pages

4.12

2k+ ratings

🧠 Adolescent Development 🎓 Evidence-Based Education 🗣️ Respectful Communication 🌱 Growth Mindset 🫀 Stress Reframing

Freeing the Natural Voice

by Kristin Linklater • 1976

Most voice training adds technique. This one takes away what's blocking the voice you already have.

4.14

500+

🎤 Voice Pedagogy 🎭 Actor Training 🌬️ Breath And Voice 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 📖 Text Analysis

Immersive

Freeing the Natural Voice

Most voice training adds technique. This one takes away what's blocking the voice you already have.

by Kristin Linklater 1976 381 pages

4.14

500+ ratings

🎤 Voice Pedagogy 🎭 Actor Training 🌬️ Breath And Voice 🧠 Mind-Body Connection 📖 Text Analysis

The Arts and the Creation of Mind

by Elliot W. Eisner • 2002

Schools treat art as a break from thinking. It's the most demanding thinking students do.

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191

🎨 Arts Education 🏛️ Educational Philosophy 🧠 Artistic Cognition 📏 Standardization Critique 📋 Curriculum Design

The Arts and the Creation of Mind Summary

Immersive

The Arts and the Creation of Mind

Schools treat art as a break from thinking. It's the most demanding thinking students do.

by Elliot W. Eisner 2002 280 pages

4.32

191 ratings

🎨 Arts Education 🏛️ Educational Philosophy 🧠 Artistic Cognition 📏 Standardization Critique 📋 Curriculum Design

The Knowledge Gap

by Natalie Wexler • 2019

Kids drill reading skills for years without history or science. That is the reading crisis.

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📖 Reading Instruction 🔧 Education Reform 📊 Achievement Gap 🔬 Science Of Reading 🌱 Early Literacy

Immersive

The Knowledge Gap

Kids drill reading skills for years without history or science. That is the reading crisis.

by Natalie Wexler 2019 336 pages

4.13

5k+ ratings

📖 Reading Instruction 🔧 Education Reform 📊 Achievement Gap 🔬 Science Of Reading 🌱 Early Literacy

Troublemakers

by Carla Shalaby • 2017

Disruptive kids are the classroom's alarm system. Silencing them only makes the air more toxic.

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2k+

🚸 Classroom Discipline 🌱 Progressive Education 🧒 Early Childhood Education ⛓️ School To Prison Pipeline 🕊️ Restorative Justice In Schools

Immersive

Troublemakers

Disruptive kids are the classroom's alarm system. Silencing them only makes the air more toxic.

by Carla Shalaby 2017 240 pages

4.23

2k+ ratings

🚸 Classroom Discipline 🌱 Progressive Education 🧒 Early Childhood Education ⛓️ School To Prison Pipeline 🕊️ Restorative Justice In Schools

Culturize

by Jimmy Casas • 2017

The janitor shapes school culture as much as the principal. This is the playbook for both.

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🏫 School Culture 🛡️ Student Advocacy 🤝 Student Relationships ⚖️ Educational Equity 🌱 Growth Mindset

Immersive

Culturize

The janitor shapes school culture as much as the principal. This is the playbook for both.

by Jimmy Casas 2017 214 pages

3.84

1k+ ratings

🏫 School Culture 🛡️ Student Advocacy 🤝 Student Relationships ⚖️ Educational Equity 🌱 Growth Mindset

Critical Thinking

by Jonathan Haber • 2020

Critical thinking takes three things. Most people stop at one.

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500+

🧠 Critical Thinking 🔍 Argument Analysis 🧩 Cognitive Biases ⚠️ Logical Fallacies 🔬 Scientific Thinking

Immersive

Critical Thinking

Critical thinking takes three things. Most people stop at one.

by Jonathan Haber 2020 232 pages

3.59

500+ ratings

🧠 Critical Thinking 🔍 Argument Analysis 🧩 Cognitive Biases ⚠️ Logical Fallacies 🔬 Scientific Thinking

Practice Perfect

by Doug Lemov • 2012

Bad practice hardwires mistakes. Forty-two rules for training that actually changes behavior.

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🎯 Skill Development 🏋️ Deliberate Practice 📐 Training Design 📋 Coaching Methodology 🔄 Corrective Feedback

Immersive

Practice Perfect

Bad practice hardwires mistakes. Forty-two rules for training that actually changes behavior.

by Doug Lemov 2012 288 pages

3.81

1k+ ratings

🎯 Skill Development 🏋️ Deliberate Practice 📐 Training Design 📋 Coaching Methodology 🔄 Corrective Feedback

Make It Stick

by Peter C. Brown • 2014

Rereading feels good but does little. The counterintuitive habits that build knowledge that lasts.

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22k+

🔬 Learning Science 🧠 Retrieval Practice ⏳ Spaced Repetition 💭 Metacognition ⚡ Desirable Difficulties

Make It Stick

Rereading feels good but does little. The counterintuitive habits that build knowledge that lasts.

by Peter C. Brown 2014 313 pages

4.15

22k+ ratings

🔬 Learning Science 🧠 Retrieval Practice ⏳ Spaced Repetition 💭 Metacognition ⚡ Desirable Difficulties

The Well-Trained Mind

by Susan Wise Bauer • 1999

A K-12 curriculum building memory, logic, and expression around the story of civilization.

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7k+

🏛️ Classical Education 📋 Homeschool Planning 🧒 Developmental Stages 📜 Chronological History 🔍 Logic And Reasoning

The Well-Trained Mind

A K-12 curriculum building memory, logic, and expression around the story of civilization.

by Susan Wise Bauer 1999 864 pages

4.33

7k+ ratings

🏛️ Classical Education 📋 Homeschool Planning 🧒 Developmental Stages 📜 Chronological History 🔍 Logic And Reasoning

They Say / I Say

by Gerald Graff • 2006

Write academic arguments that respond to others, not just declare. Templates that show you how.

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📝 Academic Writing 🏫 College Composition 🧱 Argument Structure 📎 Source Integration 🗣️ Rhetorical Strategies

They Say / I Say

Write academic arguments that respond to others, not just declare. Templates that show you how.

by Gerald Graff 2006 181 pages

3.77

6k+ ratings

📝 Academic Writing 🏫 College Composition 🧱 Argument Structure 📎 Source Integration 🗣️ Rhetorical Strategies

Limitless Mind

by Jo Boaler • 2019

The brain grows most when you struggle and get things wrong. The science that changes how you learn.

4.09

3k+

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🌱 Growth Mindset 🧮 Math Education 🤝 Collaborative Learning 🔄 Lifelong Learning

Limitless Mind

The brain grows most when you struggle and get things wrong. The science that changes how you learn.

by Jo Boaler 2019 247 pages

4.09

3k+ ratings

🧠 Neuroplasticity 🌱 Growth Mindset 🧮 Math Education 🤝 Collaborative Learning 🔄 Lifelong Learning

Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition

by Stephen D. Krashen • 1982

Grammar study is an editor, not the engine. One real conversation beats a hundred drills.

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🗣️ Language Acquisition 📚 Applied Linguistics 🧑‍🏫 Language Pedagogy 📥 Input-Based Learning 🧠 Implicit Learning

Principles and Practice in Second Language Acquisition

Grammar study is an editor, not the engine. One real conversation beats a hundred drills.

by Stephen D. Krashen 1982 212 pages

4.23

230 ratings

🗣️ Language Acquisition 📚 Applied Linguistics 🧑‍🏫 Language Pedagogy 📥 Input-Based Learning 🧠 Implicit Learning

The Toyota Way to Lean Leadership

by Jeffrey K. Liker • 2011

Toyota's tools get copied. Its real advantage, growing leaders who teach, almost never does.

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1k+

🏭 Lean Manufacturing ⚙️ Operational Excellence 🌱 Leadership Development 📈 Daily Improvement 🎯 Goal Alignment

The Toyota Way to Lean Leadership

Toyota's tools get copied. Its real advantage, growing leaders who teach, almost never does.

by Jeffrey K. Liker 2011 321 pages

4.07

1k+ ratings

🏭 Lean Manufacturing ⚙️ Operational Excellence 🌱 Leadership Development 📈 Daily Improvement 🎯 Goal Alignment

Teaching with AI

by José Antonio Bowen • 2024

AI sets a new floor for competent work. Education must now teach what AI cannot do.

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500+

🤖 Ai In Education 💻 Classroom Technology 🛡️ Academic Integrity 📋 Assignment Design ✍️ Writing Pedagogy

Teaching with AI

AI sets a new floor for competent work. Education must now teach what AI cannot do.

by José Antonio Bowen 2024 270 pages

3.78

500+ ratings

🤖 Ai In Education 💻 Classroom Technology 🛡️ Academic Integrity 📋 Assignment Design ✍️ Writing Pedagogy

Pedagogy of the Oppressed

by Paulo Freire • 1968

When a classroom treats students as empty accounts, it's not bad teaching; it is a political design.

4.30

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🧑‍🏫 Critical Pedagogy 🌍 Decolonization 📖 Marxist Humanism 🏫 Popular Education 🏛️ Cultural Domination

Pedagogy of the Oppressed

When a classroom treats students as empty accounts, it's not bad teaching; it is a political design.

by Paulo Freire 1968 183 pages

4.30

39k+ ratings

🧑‍🏫 Critical Pedagogy 🌍 Decolonization 📖 Marxist Humanism 🏫 Popular Education 🏛️ Cultural Domination

How We Learn

by Benedict Carey • 2014

Forgetting isn't a glitch in your memory. It's the engine that makes real learning possible.

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7k+

🧠 Learning Science 🧩 Cognitive Psychology 🔁 Spaced Repetition 💭 Forgetting And Memory 😴 Sleep And Cognition

How We Learn

Forgetting isn't a glitch in your memory. It's the engine that makes real learning possible.

by Benedict Carey 2014 272 pages

3.91

7k+ ratings

🧠 Learning Science 🧩 Cognitive Psychology 🔁 Spaced Repetition 💭 Forgetting And Memory 😴 Sleep And Cognition

Punished by Rewards

by Alfie Kohn • 1993

What if the rewards we give for good behavior are the very thing undermining it?

4.17

4k+

🧠 Intrinsic Motivation 🌱 Humanistic Psychology 📚 Progressive Education 🧸 Positive Discipline 💼 Workplace Motivation

Punished by Rewards

What if the rewards we give for good behavior are the very thing undermining it?

by Alfie Kohn 1993 398 pages

4.17

4k+ ratings

🧠 Intrinsic Motivation 🌱 Humanistic Psychology 📚 Progressive Education 🧸 Positive Discipline 💼 Workplace Motivation

Uncommon Sense Teaching

by Barbara Oakley • 2021

Working memory holds four items. Most lessons overload it. The classroom fixes, from brain science.

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🍎 Teaching Strategies 🧠 Learning Science 📝 Retrieval Practice 🙋 Active Learning 🧩 Working Memory

Uncommon Sense Teaching

Working memory holds four items. Most lessons overload it. The classroom fixes, from brain science.

by Barbara Oakley 2021 336 pages

4.16

1k+ ratings

🍎 Teaching Strategies 🧠 Learning Science 📝 Retrieval Practice 🙋 Active Learning 🧩 Working Memory

Teach Like a Champion 3.0

by Doug Lemov • 2021

63 classroom techniques that force participation, demand precision, and win back wasted minutes.

4.26

408

🏫 Classroom Management 📋 Instructional Methods 🙋 Student Participation 📝 Formative Assessment 🍎 New Teachers

Teach Like a Champion 3.0

63 classroom techniques that force participation, demand precision, and win back wasted minutes.

by Doug Lemov 2021 544 pages

4.26

408 ratings

🏫 Classroom Management 📋 Instructional Methods 🙋 Student Participation 📝 Formative Assessment 🍎 New Teachers

English Grammar in Use With Answers

by Raymond Murphy • 1985

English grammar that works like a reference, not a textbook: look up the rule, practice, check.

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1k+

📖 Grammar Reference 📚 Self-Study 🌍 Esl Resources 📈 Intermediate English ✏️ Grammar Exercises

English Grammar in Use With Answers

English grammar that works like a reference, not a textbook: look up the rule, practice, check.

by Raymond Murphy 1985 350 pages

4.32

1k+ ratings

📖 Grammar Reference 📚 Self-Study 🌍 Esl Resources 📈 Intermediate English ✏️ Grammar Exercises

Practical English Usage

by Michael Swan • 1981

600 A-Z entries that solve the English usage problems your textbook leaves unexplained.

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1k+

📚 English Grammar 🗣️ Esl Reference 🔍 Descriptive Grammar 📖 Usage Guide 🍎 Tesol

Practical English Usage

600 A-Z entries that solve the English usage problems your textbook leaves unexplained.

by Michael Swan 1981 658 pages

4.31

1k+ ratings

📚 English Grammar 🗣️ Esl Reference 🔍 Descriptive Grammar 📖 Usage Guide 🍎 Tesol

Sweller's Cognitive Load Theory in Action

by Oliver Lovell • 2020

The bottleneck you didn't know was there: working memory, and how to teach around it.

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🧠 Cognitive Science 📐 Instructional Design 🍎 Classroom Strategies 🧩 Working Memory 📋 Explicit Instruction

Sweller's Cognitive Load Theory in Action

The bottleneck you didn't know was there: working memory, and how to teach around it.

by Oliver Lovell 2020

4.52

248 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Science 📐 Instructional Design 🍎 Classroom Strategies 🧩 Working Memory 📋 Explicit Instruction

Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain

by Zaretta Hammond • 2014

The achievement gap is rooted in processing, not motivation. Brain-based strategies that close it.

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🌍 Culturally Responsive Teaching 📊 Achievement Gap 🧠 Brain-Based Learning 🏗️ Instructional Scaffolding 💭 Academic Mindset

Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain

The achievement gap is rooted in processing, not motivation. Brain-based strategies that close it.

by Zaretta Hammond 2014 192 pages

4.35

5k+ ratings

🌍 Culturally Responsive Teaching 📊 Achievement Gap 🧠 Brain-Based Learning 🏗️ Instructional Scaffolding 💭 Academic Mindset

What Great Teachers Do Differently

by Todd Whitaker • 2011

Programs change nothing unless the teacher changes first: mindsets that turn good classrooms great.

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🏫 Classroom Management 🧠 Teacher Mindset 🍎 New Teachers ☀️ Positive Classroom Culture 🪞 Teacher Reflection

What Great Teachers Do Differently

Programs change nothing unless the teacher changes first: mindsets that turn good classrooms great.

by Todd Whitaker 2011 144 pages

3.94

1k+ ratings

🏫 Classroom Management 🧠 Teacher Mindset 🍎 New Teachers ☀️ Positive Classroom Culture 🪞 Teacher Reflection

The Craft of Research

by Wayne C. Booth • 1995

Finding a question worth fighting over, then building the case your reader cannot walk away from.

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📝 Academic Writing 🔬 Research Methods 🧩 Argumentation 💡 Critical Thinking ✍️ Writing Process

The Craft of Research

Finding a question worth fighting over, then building the case your reader cannot walk away from.

by Wayne C. Booth 1995 317 pages

3.92

4k+ ratings

📝 Academic Writing 🔬 Research Methods 🧩 Argumentation 💡 Critical Thinking ✍️ Writing Process

Generation Z Unfiltered

by Tim Elmore • 2019

Gen Z has endless information but almost no wisdom. Nine ways adults can close the gap.

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500+

🧑‍💻 Gen Z 🌱 Youth Development 📱 Digital Natives 🚁 Helicopter Parenting 💪 Resilience Building

Generation Z Unfiltered

Gen Z has endless information but almost no wisdom. Nine ways adults can close the gap.

by Tim Elmore 2019 311 pages

4.06

500+ ratings

🧑‍💻 Gen Z 🌱 Youth Development 📱 Digital Natives 🚁 Helicopter Parenting 💪 Resilience Building

The New Meaning of Educational Change

by Michael Fullan • 1991

Mandates change nothing unless a school's culture changes first. That takes years.

3.80

287

🏫 School Reform 📈 Educational Leadership 🤝 Teacher Collaboration 📚 Professional Development 🏗️ Capacity Building

The New Meaning of Educational Change

Mandates change nothing unless a school's culture changes first. That takes years.

by Michael Fullan 1991 338 pages

3.80

287 ratings

🏫 School Reform 📈 Educational Leadership 🤝 Teacher Collaboration 📚 Professional Development 🏗️ Capacity Building

Understanding and Using English Grammar

by Betty Schrampfer Azar • 1988

A workbook that builds English sentences from tense through clause to clear, connected ideas.

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🏫 Esl Instruction 📚 English Grammar ✍️ Sentence Structure 🕰️ Verb Tenses 📝 Workbook Exercises

Understanding and Using English Grammar

A workbook that builds English sentences from tense through clause to clear, connected ideas.

by Betty Schrampfer Azar 1988 492 pages

4.13

1k+ ratings

🏫 Esl Instruction 📚 English Grammar ✍️ Sentence Structure 🕰️ Verb Tenses 📝 Workbook Exercises

The New Art and Science of Teaching

by Robert J. Marzano • 2017

43 research-backed teaching moves for lesson design, feedback, and engagement: a complete how-to.

3.92

466

🏫 Instructional Strategies 📊 Standards-Based Grading 📝 Formative Assessment 💻 Blended Learning 🗺️ Curriculum Design

The New Art and Science of Teaching

43 research-backed teaching moves for lesson design, feedback, and engagement: a complete how-to.

by Robert J. Marzano 2017 283 pages

3.92

466 ratings

🏫 Instructional Strategies 📊 Standards-Based Grading 📝 Formative Assessment 💻 Blended Learning 🗺️ Curriculum Design

When the Adults Change, Everything Changes

by Paul Dix • 2017

Turn your school's behavior culture around by changing adult responses, not punishing kids harder.

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2k+

🧩 Behavior Management 🏫 Classroom Management 🔄 Restorative Practices 🧠 Trauma-Informed Schools 🌟 Positive Discipline

When the Adults Change, Everything Changes

Turn your school's behavior culture around by changing adult responses, not punishing kids harder.

by Paul Dix 2017 210 pages

4.28

2k+ ratings

🧩 Behavior Management 🏫 Classroom Management 🔄 Restorative Practices 🧠 Trauma-Informed Schools 🌟 Positive Discipline

Outsmart Your Brain

by Daniel T. Willingham • 2023

Your study habits run on intuition. Cognitive psychology reveals what makes learning stick.

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1k+

📝 Study Skills 🧠 Cognitive Psychology ⚡ Active Learning 📋 Retrieval Practice 🪞 Metacognition

Outsmart Your Brain

Your study habits run on intuition. Cognitive psychology reveals what makes learning stick.

by Daniel T. Willingham 2023 336 pages

3.95

1k+ ratings

📝 Study Skills 🧠 Cognitive Psychology ⚡ Active Learning 📋 Retrieval Practice 🪞 Metacognition

Transforming School Culture

by Anthony Muhammad • 2009

Your school's real problem isn't the curriculum. It's a clash between four belief systems.

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500+

🏫 School Culture 👩‍🏫 School Leadership 🔄 Transformational Leadership 📈 Change Management 🤝 Professional Learning Communities

Transforming School Culture

Your school's real problem isn't the curriculum. It's a clash between four belief systems.

by Anthony Muhammad 2009 235 pages

4.08

500+ ratings

🏫 School Culture 👩‍🏫 School Leadership 🔄 Transformational Leadership 📈 Change Management 🤝 Professional Learning Communities

Your Students, My Students, Our Students

by Lee Ann Jung • 2019

Every child belongs to every teacher. The practical roadmap for actually making inclusion work.

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303

🏫 Inclusive Classrooms 🤝 Co-Teaching 🏗️ Universal Design For Learning 📊 Educational Equity 🗣️ Student Voice

Your Students, My Students, Our Students

Every child belongs to every teacher. The practical roadmap for actually making inclusion work.

by Lee Ann Jung 2019 240 pages

3.84

303 ratings

🏫 Inclusive Classrooms 🤝 Co-Teaching 🏗️ Universal Design For Learning 📊 Educational Equity 🗣️ Student Voice

Is Everyone Really Equal?

by Özlem Sensoy • 2011

The most comfortable explanation for inequality is individual failure. It's also the most wrong.

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1k+

🎓 Social Justice Education 📚 Critical Race Theory 🔀 Intersectionality ⚖️ Systemic Inequality ✊ Anti-Racism

Is Everyone Really Equal?

The most comfortable explanation for inequality is individual failure. It's also the most wrong.

by Özlem Sensoy 2011 288 pages

4.05

1k+ ratings

🎓 Social Justice Education 📚 Critical Race Theory 🔀 Intersectionality ⚖️ Systemic Inequality ✊ Anti-Racism

Better Than Carrots or Sticks

by Dominique Smith • 2015

Punishment doesn't teach. Repair does. A classroom discipline framework that works at every level.

3.92

2k+

🕊️ Restorative Justice 🏫 Classroom Management 🤝 Positive Discipline 🌱 School Culture 🧠 Social Emotional Learning

Better Than Carrots or Sticks

Punishment doesn't teach. Repair does. A classroom discipline framework that works at every level.

by Dominique Smith 2015 208 pages

3.92

2k+ ratings

🕊️ Restorative Justice 🏫 Classroom Management 🤝 Positive Discipline 🌱 School Culture 🧠 Social Emotional Learning

Why Don't Students Like School?

by Daniel T. Willingham • 2009

Kids remember what they think about, not what you teach. The lesson plan that follows.

4.04

5k+

🧠 Learning Science 🏫 Classroom Practice 💭 Memory And Learning 🧩 Expertise Development 🎯 Deliberate Practice

Why Don't Students Like School?

Kids remember what they think about, not what you teach. The lesson plan that follows.

by Daniel T. Willingham 2009 240 pages

4.04

5k+ ratings

🧠 Learning Science 🏫 Classroom Practice 💭 Memory And Learning 🧩 Expertise Development 🎯 Deliberate Practice

Teaching to Transgress

by bell hooks • 1994

Teaching as resistance: bell hooks demands a classroom that confronts power, not just transmits it.

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13k+

📚 Critical Pedagogy ✊🏿 Anti-Racist Education 🚺 Feminist Pedagogy 🌍 Multicultural Education 🌱 Holistic Education

Teaching to Transgress

Teaching as resistance: bell hooks demands a classroom that confronts power, not just transmits it.

by bell hooks 1994 216 pages

4.44

13k+ ratings

📚 Critical Pedagogy ✊🏿 Anti-Racist Education 🚺 Feminist Pedagogy 🌍 Multicultural Education 🌱 Holistic Education

Design for How People Learn

by Julie Dirksen • 2011

Most training fights the brain. Here's how to design experiences that work with it instead.

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2k+

📐 Instructional Design 🏢 Corporate Training 🧠 Learning Science 🧩 Memory And Retention 🔄 Behavior Change

Design for How People Learn

Most training fights the brain. Here's how to design experiences that work with it instead.

by Julie Dirksen 2011 259 pages

4.27

2k+ ratings

📐 Instructional Design 🏢 Corporate Training 🧠 Learning Science 🧩 Memory And Retention 🔄 Behavior Change

The Art of Coaching Teams

by Elena Aguilar • 2016

Trust, conflict, and protected time: three overlooked ingredients that transform school teams.

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500+

🏫 School Leadership 👥 Team Dynamics 🤝 Trust Building 🧠 Emotional Intelligence ⚡ Conflict Resolution

The Art of Coaching Teams

Trust, conflict, and protected time: three overlooked ingredients that transform school teams.

by Elena Aguilar 2016 280 pages

4.30

500+ ratings

🏫 School Leadership 👥 Team Dynamics 🤝 Trust Building 🧠 Emotional Intelligence ⚡ Conflict Resolution

How Learning Works

by Susan A. Ambrose • 2010

The research behind why students forget your best lecture, and what actually makes learning durable.

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1k+

📚 Evidence-Based Teaching 🎓 Higher Education 📋 Instructional Design 🎯 Student Motivation 🧠 Metacognition

How Learning Works

The research behind why students forget your best lecture, and what actually makes learning durable.

by Susan A. Ambrose 2010 301 pages

4.12

1k+ ratings

📚 Evidence-Based Teaching 🎓 Higher Education 📋 Instructional Design 🎯 Student Motivation 🧠 Metacognition

Teach Like a Champion 2.0

by Doug Lemov • 2014

Great teaching isn't instinct: it's sixty-two trainable moves, and here they are.

4.15

1k+

🏫 Classroom Management 📋 Lesson Planning 🙋 Student Engagement ✅ Formative Assessment 💪 Academic Rigor

Teach Like a Champion 2.0

Great teaching isn't instinct: it's sixty-two trainable moves, and here they are.

by Doug Lemov 2014 512 pages

4.15

1k+ ratings

🏫 Classroom Management 📋 Lesson Planning 🙋 Student Engagement ✅ Formative Assessment 💪 Academic Rigor

Grading for Equity

by Joe Feldman • 2018

Traditional grades sort kids for factories. Here's how to measure learning, not compliance.

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1k+

📊 Grading Reform ⚖️ Education Equity 📐 Standards-Based Grading 🧠 Implicit Bias 🌱 Growth Mindset

Grading for Equity

Traditional grades sort kids for factories. Here's how to measure learning, not compliance.

by Joe Feldman 2018 296 pages

4.19

1k+ ratings

📊 Grading Reform ⚖️ Education Equity 📐 Standards-Based Grading 🧠 Implicit Bias 🌱 Growth Mindset

Soccer IQ

by Dan Blank • 2012

Eighty rules that turn soccer reactions into soccer decisions: play faster by thinking smarter.

4.28

1k+

⚽ Soccer Tactics 🧠 Game Intelligence 🌱 Player Development 🏆 Competitive Mindset 👀 Situational Awareness

Soccer IQ

Eighty rules that turn soccer reactions into soccer decisions: play faster by thinking smarter.

by Dan Blank 2012 133 pages

4.28

1k+ ratings

⚽ Soccer Tactics 🧠 Game Intelligence 🌱 Player Development 🏆 Competitive Mindset 👀 Situational Awareness

Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership

by Craig E. Johnson • 2001

Leadership brightens or darkens every life it touches. How to spot your own shadows.

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339

🧭 Ethical Leadership 🏢 Organizational Ethics 🧠 Moral Psychology 🌱 Character Development ⚖️ Ethical Decision Making

Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership

Leadership brightens or darkens every life it touches. How to spot your own shadows.

by Craig E. Johnson 2001 408 pages

3.64

339 ratings

🧭 Ethical Leadership 🏢 Organizational Ethics 🧠 Moral Psychology 🌱 Character Development ⚖️ Ethical Decision Making

I Wish My Teacher Knew

by Kyle Schwartz • 2016

One question reveals what students hide: hunger, grief, instability. How teachers can respond.

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2k+

🔗 Classroom Relationships 🛡️ Trauma-Informed Teaching 🏚️ Student Poverty ❤️ Social-Emotional Learning ⚖️ Character Education

I Wish My Teacher Knew

One question reveals what students hide: hunger, grief, instability. How teachers can respond.

by Kyle Schwartz 2016 269 pages

3.95

2k+ ratings

🔗 Classroom Relationships 🛡️ Trauma-Informed Teaching 🏚️ Student Poverty ❤️ Social-Emotional Learning ⚖️ Character Education

Theories of Childhood

by Carol Garhart Mooney • 2000

Five theorists built the blueprint for early childhood education a century ago. It still holds.

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500+

🧒 Early Childhood Education 📚 Educational Theory 🧠 Developmental Psychology 🌱 Progressive Education 🏫 Montessori Method

Theories of Childhood

Five theorists built the blueprint for early childhood education a century ago. It still holds.

by Carol Garhart Mooney 2000 128 pages

4.07

500+ ratings

🧒 Early Childhood Education 📚 Educational Theory 🧠 Developmental Psychology 🌱 Progressive Education 🏫 Montessori Method

The Writing Revolution

by Judith C. Hochman • 2017

Clear writing is teachable. The method starts with a single sentence and works in every classroom.

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2k+

✏️ Writing Instruction 🧱 Sentence-Level Work 🪜 Scaffolded Learning 📚 Content-Area Literacy 🗣️ Direct Instruction

The Writing Revolution

Clear writing is teachable. The method starts with a single sentence and works in every classroom.

by Judith C. Hochman 2017 294 pages

4.37

2k+ ratings

✏️ Writing Instruction 🧱 Sentence-Level Work 🪜 Scaffolded Learning 📚 Content-Area Literacy 🗣️ Direct Instruction

Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher

by Stephen D. Brookfield • 1995

Uncover the hidden assumptions that run your classroom, even the ones that feel like common sense.

4.05

273

🪞 Reflective Practice ✊🏿 Critical Pedagogy 🏛️ College Faculty 🧑‍🏫 Adult Learning 🛠️ Faculty Development

Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher

Uncover the hidden assumptions that run your classroom, even the ones that feel like common sense.

by Stephen D. Brookfield 1995 296 pages

4.05

273 ratings

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Effortless English

by A.J. Hoge • 2014

Grammar made you slow. The fix: massive listening, whole phrases, and a playful mindset.

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Effortless English

Grammar made you slow. The fix: massive listening, whole phrases, and a playful mindset.

by A.J. Hoge 2014 192 pages

4.21

500+ ratings

🗣️ Language Acquisition 📚 Esl Education 🔇 Comprehensible Input 🧠 Psychology Of Learning 📖 Lexical Approach

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