Best Education Books | Summaries & Audio

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Mindset

by Carol S. Dweck • 2006

How you think about talent predicts everything: your resilience, your honesty, even your love life.

4.09

100k+

💪 Effort Vs Talent 🏆 Achievement Psychology 🗣️ Praise And Feedback 🧱 Failure And Resilience 📚 Educational Psychology

Immersive

Mindset

How you think about talent predicts everything: your resilience, your honesty, even your love life.

by Carol S. Dweck 2006 301 pages

4.09

100k+ ratings

💪 Effort Vs Talent 🏆 Achievement Psychology 🗣️ Praise And Feedback 🧱 Failure And Resilience 📚 Educational Psychology

The Coddling of the American Mind

by Greg Lukianoff • 2018

Three well-meaning lies are raising a generation for failure. What actually builds resilience.

4.23

57k+

🎓 Campus Culture 🧠 Youth Mental Health 🛡️ Overprotective Parenting 🗣️ Free Speech On Campus 📱 Generational Anxiety

The Coddling of the American Mind

Three well-meaning lies are raising a generation for failure. What actually builds resilience.

by Greg Lukianoff 2018 269 pages

4.23

57k+ ratings

🎓 Campus Culture 🧠 Youth Mental Health 🛡️ Overprotective Parenting 🗣️ Free Speech On Campus 📱 Generational Anxiety

How to Read a Book

by Mortimer J. Adler • 1940

Beyond words: the four-level method for reaching real understanding in serious books.

3.98

28k+

📖 Critical Reading 📚 Great Books Tradition ✍️ Active Reading 🧠 Deep Reading 🔍 Comparative Reading

Immersive

How to Read a Book

Beyond words: the four-level method for reaching real understanding in serious books.

by Mortimer J. Adler 1940 450 pages

3.98

28k+ ratings

📖 Critical Reading 📚 Great Books Tradition ✍️ Active Reading 🧠 Deep Reading 🔍 Comparative Reading

Make It Stick

by Peter C. Brown • 2014

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

4.15

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

Co-Intelligence

by Ethan Mollick • 2024

AI is an intern that never sleeps and sometimes lies. Managing it means rewriting the rules.

3.93

16k+

🏢 Ai In The Workplace 🤝 Human-Ai Collaboration ⚙️ Workplace Automation ✍️ Prompt Engineering 🎓 Ai In Education

Immersive

Co-Intelligence

AI is an intern that never sleeps and sometimes lies. Managing it means rewriting the rules.

by Ethan Mollick 2024 256 pages

3.93

16k+ ratings

🏢 Ai In The Workplace 🤝 Human-Ai Collaboration ⚙️ Workplace Automation ✍️ Prompt Engineering 🎓 Ai In Education

Ultralearning

by Scott H. Young • 2019

Intense self-study beats the classroom. Principles for learning hard skills in months, not years.

3.95

15k+

🎯 Skill Acquisition ⚡ Accelerated Learning 🧭 Self-Directed Learning 🏋️ Deliberate Practice 🧠 Cognitive Science

Ultralearning

Intense self-study beats the classroom. Principles for learning hard skills in months, not years.

by Scott H. Young 2019 304 pages

3.95

15k+ ratings

🎯 Skill Acquisition ⚡ Accelerated Learning 🧭 Self-Directed Learning 🏋️ Deliberate Practice 🧠 Cognitive Science

Bad Therapy

by Abigail Shrier • 2024

Therapy promised healthier kids. It gave us the most medicated, least resilient generation yet.

3.95

15k+

🧒 Childhood Resilience 🚁 Overparenting Critique 👨‍👩‍👧 Parental Authority 📱 Screen Time Effects 💊 Overdiagnosis Critique

Bad Therapy

Therapy promised healthier kids. It gave us the most medicated, least resilient generation yet.

by Abigail Shrier 2024 297 pages

3.95

15k+ ratings

🧒 Childhood Resilience 🚁 Overparenting Critique 👨‍👩‍👧 Parental Authority 📱 Screen Time Effects 💊 Overdiagnosis Critique

How to Take Smart Notes

by Sönke Ahrens • 2017

Turn scattered notes into a thinking network that writes your drafts and kills the blank-page dread.

4.07

13k+

🗂️ Zettelkasten Method 💡 Personal Knowledge Management 🧠 Extended Cognition ✍️ Writing As Thinking 🎓 Academic Writing

How to Take Smart Notes

Turn scattered notes into a thinking network that writes your drafts and kills the blank-page dread.

by Sönke Ahrens 2017 171 pages

4.07

13k+ ratings

🗂️ Zettelkasten Method 💡 Personal Knowledge Management 🧠 Extended Cognition ✍️ Writing As Thinking 🎓 Academic Writing

How to Become a Straight-A Student

by Cal Newport • 2006

Straight A's without all-nighters: daily five-minute practice, targeted reading, and self-quizzing.

4.04

11k+

🎓 Study Skills ⏰ Time Management 📝 Note Taking ✍️ Paper Writing 🦥 Procrastination

How to Become a Straight-A Student

Straight A's without all-nighters: daily five-minute practice, targeted reading, and self-quizzing.

by Cal Newport 2006 217 pages

4.04

11k+ ratings

🎓 Study Skills ⏰ Time Management 📝 Note Taking ✍️ Paper Writing 🦥 Procrastination

The Marshmallow Test

by Walter Mischel • 2014

Willpower isn't character; it's a cognitive skill. A four-year-old with a marshmallow proved it.

3.72

9k+

🍬 Delay Of Gratification 🧠 Self-Regulation ⚡ Impulse Control 📊 Behavioral Economics 🔄 Cognitive Reframing

The Marshmallow Test

Willpower isn't character; it's a cognitive skill. A four-year-old with a marshmallow proved it.

by Walter Mischel 2014 336 pages

3.72

9k+ ratings

🍬 Delay Of Gratification 🧠 Self-Regulation ⚡ Impulse Control 📊 Behavioral Economics 🔄 Cognitive Reframing

Unconditional Parenting

by Alfie Kohn • 2005

The love most parents offer comes with strings. Here is how to raise confident kids without them.

4.16

9k+

🧸 Gentle Parenting 💪 Positive Discipline 🌱 Autonomy Support 🎯 Intrinsic Motivation 💡 Humanistic Psychology

Unconditional Parenting

The love most parents offer comes with strings. Here is how to raise confident kids without them.

by Alfie Kohn 2005 272 pages

4.16

9k+ ratings

🧸 Gentle Parenting 💪 Positive Discipline 🌱 Autonomy Support 🎯 Intrinsic Motivation 💡 Humanistic Psychology

Raising Your Spirited Child

by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka • 1991

The temperament behind your child's hardest moments, and the playbook that works with it.

4.20

8k+

🧒 Strong-Willed Children 📖 Temperament Theory 🎧 Sensory Sensitivity 🧠 Emotional Regulation 🤝 Positive Discipline

Raising Your Spirited Child

The temperament behind your child's hardest moments, and the playbook that works with it.

by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka 1991 528 pages

4.20

8k+ ratings

🧒 Strong-Willed Children 📖 Temperament Theory 🎧 Sensory Sensitivity 🧠 Emotional Regulation 🤝 Positive Discipline

The First 20 Hours

by Josh Kaufman • 2013

Mastery takes a decade. Getting good enough to enjoy a skill fits into a month.

3.46

8k+

⚡ Rapid Skill Acquisition 🎯 Deliberate Practice 🧠 Meta-Learning ⚙️ Habit Design 🌱 Beginner's Mindset

Immersive

The First 20 Hours

Mastery takes a decade. Getting good enough to enjoy a skill fits into a month.

by Josh Kaufman 2013 288 pages

3.46

8k+ ratings

⚡ Rapid Skill Acquisition 🎯 Deliberate Practice 🧠 Meta-Learning ⚙️ Habit Design 🌱 Beginner's Mindset

The Well-Trained Mind

by Susan Wise Bauer • 1999

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

4.33

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

The Brave Learner

by Julie Bogart • 2019

How to run a homeschool that thrives on curiosity and connection, not curriculum and checklists.

4.17

6k+

🏠 Home Education 🌿 Unschooling 💭 Homeschool Philosophy 🎲 Playful Learning 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Connection

The Brave Learner

How to run a homeschool that thrives on curiosity and connection, not curriculum and checklists.

by Julie Bogart 2019 320 pages

4.17

6k+ ratings

🏠 Home Education 🌿 Unschooling 💭 Homeschool Philosophy 🎲 Playful Learning 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Connection

Visual Thinking

by Temple Grandin • 2022

The mind that spots the fatal design flaw thinks in pictures, not words.

3.64

4k+

🧠 Neurodivergence Advocacy 🔧 Hands-On Learning 🎨 Visual-Spatial Learning 🐾 Animal Cognition 💡 Cognitive Diversity

Visual Thinking

The mind that spots the fatal design flaw thinks in pictures, not words.

by Temple Grandin 2022 352 pages

3.64

4k+ ratings

🧠 Neurodivergence Advocacy 🔧 Hands-On Learning 🎨 Visual-Spatial Learning 🐾 Animal Cognition 💡 Cognitive Diversity

Taking Charge of Adult ADHD

by Russell A. Barkley • 2000

ADHD is a disorder of stopping, not of listening. The parenting reset that knowledge demands.

3.85

3k+

🧠 Childhood Adhd 🧩 Executive Function 📋 Behavior Modification 🏫 School Accommodations 📊 Evidence-Based Parenting

Taking Charge of Adult ADHD

ADHD is a disorder of stopping, not of listening. The parenting reset that knowledge demands.

by Russell A. Barkley 2000 294 pages

3.85

3k+ ratings

🧠 Childhood Adhd 🧩 Executive Function 📋 Behavior Modification 🏫 School Accommodations 📊 Evidence-Based Parenting

Brave New Words

by Salman Khan • 2024

AI tutors that adapt, simulate history, and fix math: Sal Khan on education's biggest leap.

3.58

3k+

🤖 Ai In Education 🧠 Personalized Learning 💻 Ai Tutoring 🤝 Human-Ai Collaboration 🧮 Math Education

Brave New Words

AI tutors that adapt, simulate history, and fix math: Sal Khan on education's biggest leap.

by Salman Khan 2024 272 pages

3.58

3k+ ratings

🤖 Ai In Education 🧠 Personalized Learning 💻 Ai Tutoring 🤝 Human-Ai Collaboration 🧮 Math Education

Frames of Mind

by Howard Gardner • 1983

Eight distinct intelligences, not one. Each with its own brain wiring and developmental clock.

3.95

2k+

🧠 Cognitive Pluralism 🏫 Educational Reform 📊 Beyond Iq 👶 Developmental Psychology 🌱 Talent Development

Frames of Mind

Eight distinct intelligences, not one. Each with its own brain wiring and developmental clock.

by Howard Gardner 1983 469 pages

3.95

2k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Pluralism 🏫 Educational Reform 📊 Beyond Iq 👶 Developmental Psychology 🌱 Talent Development

Between Parent and Child

by Haim G. Ginott • 1965

What to say instead of punishment: the classic that made respect a discipline tool.

4.34

2k+

🗣️ Parent-Child Dialogue 🫂 Empathetic Parenting 🧠 Emotion Coaching 🌱 Gentle Discipline 👫 Sibling Rivalry

Between Parent and Child

What to say instead of punishment: the classic that made respect a discipline tool.

by Haim G. Ginott 1965 256 pages

4.34

2k+ ratings

🗣️ Parent-Child Dialogue 🫂 Empathetic Parenting 🧠 Emotion Coaching 🌱 Gentle Discipline 👫 Sibling Rivalry

Guitar Zero

by Gary F. Marcus • 2012

Can a middle-aged brain learn guitar? A neuroscientist tests the science of musical skill.

3.64

2k+

🧠 Music Cognition 🎯 Deliberate Practice 🔄 Neuroplasticity 📈 Skill Acquisition 🎵 Music Education

Guitar Zero

Can a middle-aged brain learn guitar? A neuroscientist tests the science of musical skill.

by Gary F. Marcus 2012 286 pages

3.64

2k+ ratings

🧠 Music Cognition 🎯 Deliberate Practice 🔄 Neuroplasticity 📈 Skill Acquisition 🎵 Music Education

Asking the Right Questions

by M. Neil Browne • 1981

Spot weak arguments, hidden assumptions, and bad statistics: a guide to thinking for yourself.

3.97

1k+

🧠 Critical Thinking 🔍 Argument Analysis ⚠️ Logical Fallacies 🧩 Cognitive Biases 📊 Evidence Evaluation

Asking the Right Questions

Spot weak arguments, hidden assumptions, and bad statistics: a guide to thinking for yourself.

by M. Neil Browne 1981 212 pages

3.97

1k+ ratings

🧠 Critical Thinking 🔍 Argument Analysis ⚠️ Logical Fallacies 🧩 Cognitive Biases 📊 Evidence Evaluation

Why "A" Students Work for "C" Students and "B" Students Work for the Government

by Robert T. Kiyosaki • 2013

What schools teach about money is wrong. A home curriculum for raising owners, not employees.

3.87

1k+

📖 Financial Literacy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Finance 💭 Wealth Mindset 🏠 Asset Building 💸 Passive Income

Why "A" Students Work for "C" Students and "B" Students Work for the Government

What schools teach about money is wrong. A home curriculum for raising owners, not employees.

by Robert T. Kiyosaki 2013 453 pages

3.87

1k+ ratings

📖 Financial Literacy 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Finance 💭 Wealth Mindset 🏠 Asset Building 💸 Passive Income

The Little Book of Psychology

by Emily Ralls • 2021

Psychology's six rival schools, from neurons to obedience, and what each one says about you.

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1k+

🧠 Psychology Primers 📜 History Of Psychology 🏛️ Schools Of Psychology 🌊 The Unconscious 🔄 Behavioral Psychology

The Little Book of Psychology

Psychology's six rival schools, from neurons to obedience, and what each one says about you.

by Emily Ralls 2021 130 pages

3.96

1k+ ratings

🧠 Psychology Primers 📜 History Of Psychology 🏛️ Schools Of Psychology 🌊 The Unconscious 🔄 Behavioral Psychology

An Everyone Culture

by Robert Kegan • 2016

What if your company's real product was more capable adults, and profit was the side effect?

3.95

1k+

🏢 Organizational Culture 📚 Learning Organizations 🛡️ Psychological Safety 💬 Feedback Culture 🔄 Organizational Transformation

An Everyone Culture

What if your company's real product was more capable adults, and profit was the side effect?

by Robert Kegan 2016 336 pages

3.95

1k+ ratings

🏢 Organizational Culture 📚 Learning Organizations 🛡️ Psychological Safety 💬 Feedback Culture 🔄 Organizational Transformation

30-Second Psychology

by Christian Jarrett • 2011

50 psychology theories, each in half a minute: from cognitive biases to the illusions of memory.

3.74

1k+

🕰️ History Of Psychology 👥 Social Psychology 💭 Cognitive Biases 🧠 Brain Plasticity 🧬 Nature And Nurture

30-Second Psychology

50 psychology theories, each in half a minute: from cognitive biases to the illusions of memory.

by Christian Jarrett 2011 160 pages

3.74

1k+ ratings

🕰️ History Of Psychology 👥 Social Psychology 💭 Cognitive Biases 🧠 Brain Plasticity 🧬 Nature And Nurture

Teach Your Children Well

by Madeline Levine • 2012

Childhood isn't college prep. The skills that predict adult success, stage by stage.

3.93

1k+

🏆 Achievement Culture 🌱 Holistic Parenting 🧸 Play-Based Learning 🧗 Resilience Building 🪞 Parental Self-Reflection

Teach Your Children Well

Childhood isn't college prep. The skills that predict adult success, stage by stage.

by Madeline Levine 2012 297 pages

3.93

1k+ ratings

🏆 Achievement Culture 🌱 Holistic Parenting 🧸 Play-Based Learning 🧗 Resilience Building 🪞 Parental Self-Reflection

Disconnected Kids

by Robert Melillo • 2009

Autism, ADHD, dyslexia: when brain halves go quiet, symptoms appear. A program to reconnect them.

3.69

1k+

🧠 Neurodevelopmental Disorders 👶 Brain-Based Parenting ⚖️ Hemispheric Balance 🏃 Sensory-Motor Therapy 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Disconnected Kids

Autism, ADHD, dyslexia: when brain halves go quiet, symptoms appear. A program to reconnect them.

by Robert Melillo 2009 334 pages

3.69

1k+ ratings

🧠 Neurodevelopmental Disorders 👶 Brain-Based Parenting ⚖️ Hemispheric Balance 🏃 Sensory-Motor Therapy 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Last Chance in Texas

by John Hubner • 2005

At a Texas juvenile prison, violent offenders reenact their crimes. Only one in ten reoffends.

4.29

500+

⚖️ Juvenile Justice 🔄 Offender Rehabilitation 🫂 Restorative Justice 📚 Correctional Education 🧠 Trauma-Informed Care

Last Chance in Texas

At a Texas juvenile prison, violent offenders reenact their crimes. Only one in ten reoffends.

by John Hubner 2005 304 pages

4.29

500+ ratings

⚖️ Juvenile Justice 🔄 Offender Rehabilitation 🫂 Restorative Justice 📚 Correctional Education 🧠 Trauma-Informed Care

The Good Enough Parent

by The School of Life • 2021

Perfect parenting produces fragile children. The real goal is being adequate and emotionally honest.

4.12

500+

🧠 Philosophical Parenting 🧩 Parenting Imperfection 💡 Emotional Intelligence 🎨 Creative Play ❤️ Unconditional Parenting

The Good Enough Parent

Perfect parenting produces fragile children. The real goal is being adequate and emotionally honest.

by The School of Life 2021 144 pages

4.12

500+ ratings

🧠 Philosophical Parenting 🧩 Parenting Imperfection 💡 Emotional Intelligence 🎨 Creative Play ❤️ Unconditional Parenting

Middle School Matters

by Phyllis L. Fagell • 2019

Ten skills that make or break middle school. Concrete ways parents can build every one.

4.02

500+

🏫 Middle School Parenting 🧠 Adolescent Development 📋 Executive Function 💬 Social Emotional Learning 🔬 Developmental Psychology

Middle School Matters

Ten skills that make or break middle school. Concrete ways parents can build every one.

by Phyllis L. Fagell 2019 322 pages

4.02

500+ ratings

🏫 Middle School Parenting 🧠 Adolescent Development 📋 Executive Function 💬 Social Emotional Learning 🔬 Developmental Psychology

Sustainable & Responsible Investing 360°

by R. Scott Arnell • 2022

ESG was a niche concern. Now top investors treat it as fiduciary duty. Their playbook, distilled.

4.27

500+

📊 Esg Investing 🎯 Impact Investing 💚 Sustainable Finance 🤝 Shareholder Engagement 🔄 Blended Finance

Sustainable & Responsible Investing 360°

ESG was a niche concern. Now top investors treat it as fiduciary duty. Their playbook, distilled.

by R. Scott Arnell 2022 393 pages

4.27

500+ ratings

📊 Esg Investing 🎯 Impact Investing 💚 Sustainable Finance 🤝 Shareholder Engagement 🔄 Blended Finance

The Good News About Bad Behavior

by Katherine Reynolds Lewis • 2018

Why time-outs and sticker charts fail, and a model that builds self-control from connection outward.

3.92

500+

🧒 Modern Parenting 🧠 Child Self-Regulation 🤝 Positive Discipline 🗣️ Collaborative Problem Solving 🗂️ Executive Function

The Good News About Bad Behavior

Why time-outs and sticker charts fail, and a model that builds self-control from connection outward.

by Katherine Reynolds Lewis 2018 288 pages

3.92

500+ ratings

🧒 Modern Parenting 🧠 Child Self-Regulation 🤝 Positive Discipline 🗣️ Collaborative Problem Solving 🗂️ Executive Function

Unfuck Your Body

by Faith G. Harper • 2021

Breathing, eating, sleeping, moving: the science of calming a nervous system that's had enough.

3.60

500+

🧬 Mind-Body Connection 🧠 Polyvagal Theory 🫁 Breathwork 💜 Trauma-Informed Care 😴 Sleep Science

Unfuck Your Body

Breathing, eating, sleeping, moving: the science of calming a nervous system that's had enough.

by Faith G. Harper 2021 191 pages

3.60

500+ ratings

🧬 Mind-Body Connection 🧠 Polyvagal Theory 🫁 Breathwork 💜 Trauma-Informed Care 😴 Sleep Science

Generation Z Unfiltered

by Tim Elmore • 2019

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

4.06

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 Art of Nonfiction

by Ayn Rand • 2001

Skip the mystique: nonfiction writing is a system, and the outline is its non-negotiable start.

3.98

500+

📖 Philosophical Writing 💡 Clarity And Precision 🗂️ Pre-Writing And Outlining 🧠 Subconscious Creativity ✂️ Editing And Revision

The Art of Nonfiction

Skip the mystique: nonfiction writing is a system, and the outline is its non-negotiable start.

by Ayn Rand 2001 210 pages

3.98

500+ ratings

📖 Philosophical Writing 💡 Clarity And Precision 🗂️ Pre-Writing And Outlining 🧠 Subconscious Creativity ✂️ Editing And Revision

Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric

by Ward Farnsworth • 2010

Why great prose works: the ancient rhetorical devices that power it, catalogued and made visible.

4.16

488

🧰 Rhetorical Devices 🏛️ Classical Rhetoric ✍️ Sentence Craft 🔍 Close Reading 🖋️ Prose Style

Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric

Why great prose works: the ancient rhetorical devices that power it, catalogued and made visible.

by Ward Farnsworth 2010 256 pages

4.16

488 ratings

🧰 Rhetorical Devices 🏛️ Classical Rhetoric ✍️ Sentence Craft 🔍 Close Reading 🖋️ Prose Style

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.

3.84

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

e-Learning by Design

by William Horton • 2006

Stop building courses that just present slides. The activity-first system for e-learning that works.

3.89

219

🎯 Instructional Design 🏢 Workplace Learning 💻 Online Learning 🏋️ Learning Activities 📝 Assessment Design

e-Learning by Design

Stop building courses that just present slides. The activity-first system for e-learning that works.

by William Horton 2006 640 pages

3.89

219 ratings

🎯 Instructional Design 🏢 Workplace Learning 💻 Online Learning 🏋️ Learning Activities 📝 Assessment Design

Learning

by Harvey Segler • 2015

Twenty focused hours can take you from novice to proficient. Here is how to spend them.

3.02

184

🚀 Accelerated Learning 🎯 Deliberate Practice 📖 Speed Reading 🌱 Growth Mindset 🛠️ Skill Acquisition

Learning

Twenty focused hours can take you from novice to proficient. Here is how to spend them.

by Harvey Segler 2015 78 pages

3.02

184 ratings

🚀 Accelerated Learning 🎯 Deliberate Practice 📖 Speed Reading 🌱 Growth Mindset 🛠️ Skill Acquisition

Paper Belt on Fire

by Michael Gibson • 2022

Progress died in the 1970s. A venture fund now bets on dropouts to revive it.

3.88

160

🎓 Credentialism 📉 Technological Stagnation 💰 Venture Capital 📈 Progress Studies 🚀 Alternative Education

Paper Belt on Fire

Progress died in the 1970s. A venture fund now bets on dropouts to revive it.

by Michael Gibson 2022 383 pages

3.88

160 ratings

🎓 Credentialism 📉 Technological Stagnation 💰 Venture Capital 📈 Progress Studies 🚀 Alternative Education

A Game Design Vocabulary

by Anna Anthropy • 2013

The grammar of game design: how to script a back-and-forth that players lose themselves in.

3.94

134

📗 Game Design ⚙️ Game Mechanics 🧩 Game Systems 🧠 Player Experience 📖 Emergent Narrative

A Game Design Vocabulary

The grammar of game design: how to script a back-and-forth that players lose themselves in.

by Anna Anthropy 2013 211 pages

3.94

134 ratings

📗 Game Design ⚙️ Game Mechanics 🧩 Game Systems 🧠 Player Experience 📖 Emergent Narrative

Making Kids Cleverer

by David Didau • 2019

We told schools to teach skills, not facts. Now the evidence says that was a mistake.

4.17

130

🧱 Knowledge Rich Curriculum 📚 Explicit Instruction 🧠 Cognitive Load Theory 🗂️ Retrieval Practice 🏛️ Cultural Literacy

Making Kids Cleverer

We told schools to teach skills, not facts. Now the evidence says that was a mistake.

by David Didau 2019 479 pages

4.17

130 ratings

🧱 Knowledge Rich Curriculum 📚 Explicit Instruction 🧠 Cognitive Load Theory 🗂️ Retrieval Practice 🏛️ Cultural Literacy

Google Archipelago

by Michael Rectenwald • 2019

Silicon Valley didn't just get political. It built a totalitarian machine and called it progress.

3.84

120

🤖 Big Tech Criticism 🚫 Cancel Culture 🔇 Digital Censorship 🗣️ Free Speech 📹 Digital Surveillance

Google Archipelago

Silicon Valley didn't just get political. It built a totalitarian machine and called it progress.

by Michael Rectenwald 2019 161 pages

3.84

120 ratings

🤖 Big Tech Criticism 🚫 Cancel Culture 🔇 Digital Censorship 🗣️ Free Speech 📹 Digital Surveillance

Mastering Your PhD

by Patricia A. Gosling • 2006

The systematic playbook for PhD survival, from lab selection to thesis defense and career launch.

3.62

101

🎓 Doctoral Studies 🔬 Lab Dynamics ✍️ Thesis Writing 🗣️ Academic Communication 🧪 Experimental Design

Mastering Your PhD

The systematic playbook for PhD survival, from lab selection to thesis defense and career launch.

by Patricia A. Gosling 2006 254 pages

3.62

101 ratings

🎓 Doctoral Studies 🔬 Lab Dynamics ✍️ Thesis Writing 🗣️ Academic Communication 🧪 Experimental Design

Play to Learn

by Sharon Boller • 2017

The step-by-step playbook for designing learning games that slash training time and boost retention.

3.95

🎮 Game Design 🛠️ Instructional Design 🎲 Game-Based Learning 🎯 Serious Games 🏢 Corporate Training

Play to Learn

The step-by-step playbook for designing learning games that slash training time and boost retention.

by Sharon Boller 2017 168 pages

3.95

42 ratings

🎮 Game Design 🛠️ Instructional Design 🎲 Game-Based Learning 🎯 Serious Games 🏢 Corporate Training

The Learning Power Approach

by Guy Claxton • 2017

A classroom blueprint for building students who can learn anything, even after they leave your room.

4.13

🧭 Student Autonomy 🔄 Learning To Learn 🔍 Inquiry Based Learning 📋 Formative Assessment 🧑‍🏫 Teacher As Coach

The Learning Power Approach

A classroom blueprint for building students who can learn anything, even after they leave your room.

by Guy Claxton 2017 288 pages

4.13

40 ratings

🧭 Student Autonomy 🔄 Learning To Learn 🔍 Inquiry Based Learning 📋 Formative Assessment 🧑‍🏫 Teacher As Coach

Blended Workbook

by Michael B. Horn • 2017

Blended learning done right: goals first, devices second, and a budget that outlives the grant.

3.50

🔀 Blended Learning 💻 Edtech 🏫 School Innovation 📐 Instructional Design 🔄 Change Management

Blended Workbook

Blended learning done right: goals first, devices second, and a budget that outlives the grant.

by Michael B. Horn 2017 360 pages

3.50

6 ratings

🔀 Blended Learning 💻 Edtech 🏫 School Innovation 📐 Instructional Design 🔄 Change Management

Teaching Gifted Children

by Jeff Danielian • 2020

Giftedness hides in sight. How to spot it in any child and feed it every day.

3.00

🎓 Gifted Education 🔀 Differentiated Instruction 🧩 Twice-Exceptional Learners ❤️ Social-Emotional Learning 🌍 Culturally Responsive Teaching

Teaching Gifted Children

Giftedness hides in sight. How to spot it in any child and feed it every day.

by Jeff Danielian 2020 574 pages

3.00

4 ratings

🎓 Gifted Education 🔀 Differentiated Instruction 🧩 Twice-Exceptional Learners ❤️ Social-Emotional Learning 🌍 Culturally Responsive Teaching

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