{"id":3480,"date":"2015-04-24T18:51:19","date_gmt":"2015-04-24T23:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=3480"},"modified":"2020-07-25T18:58:22","modified_gmt":"2020-07-25T23:58:22","slug":"faculty-summer-reading-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=3480","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Summer Reading Recommendations"},"content":{"rendered":"

This time of year, schools scramble to select a book for their entire faculty to read over the summer. Although it would be nice if everyone read the same book as a basis for common dialogue and for teachers to read more than one book about learning each year,\u00a0I just assembled a list for the (DK-8) school where I serve as the Special Assistant to the Head of School for Innovation. Based on our overarching goals of action, reflective practice, progressive education, learning-by-making, energetic classroom centers, creativity, and collegiality, I recommended the following books for this summer. If a school community was to read one book (besides [easyazon_link identifier=”0989151107″ locale=”US” tag=”neweasyazon-20″]I<\/a>nvent To Learn – Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom<\/a>)[\/easyazon_link]\u00a0, I would recommend David Perkins\u2019 book, [easyazon_link identifier=”0470633719″ locale=”US” tag=”neweasyazon-20″]Making Learning Whole[\/easyazon_link].<\/p>\n

If you wish to give your faculty (K-12 in any configuration), a list of selections to choose from, I recommend the following in no particular order.<\/div>\n
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  1. [easyazon_image align=”right” height=”110″ identifier=”0470633719″ locale=”US” src=”http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/511Ey7168AL.SL110.jpg” tag=”neweasyazon-20″ width=”73″]Perkins, David. (2010) [easyazon_link identifier=”0470633719″ locale=”US” tag=”neweasyazon-20″]Making Learning Whole: How Seven Principles of Teaching Can Transform\u00a0Education[\/easyazon_link].\u00a0A clear and\u00a0concise book on how to teach in a learner-centered fashion.\u00a0<\/i><\/li>\n
  2. [easyazon_image align=”right” height=”110″ identifier=”0807756326″ locale=”US” src=”http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/51OHkDTXWdL.SL110.jpg” tag=”neweasyazon-20″ width=”77″]Gandini, Lella et al\u2026 (2015) [easyazon_link identifier=”0807756326″ locale=”US” tag=”neweasyazon-20″]In the Spirit of the Studio: Learning from the Atelier of Reggio Emilia, Second Edition[\/easyazon_link]<\/a>.\u00a0A beautiful and practical book aimed at early childhood education, but equally applicable at any grade level.\u00a0<\/i><\/li>\n
  3. [easyazon_image align=”right” height=”110″ identifier=”0871209713″ locale=”US” src=”http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/51g5NUmmDIL.SL110.jpg” tag=”neweasyazon-20″ width=”86″]Littky, Dennis. (2004) [easyazon_link identifier=”0871209713″ locale=”US” tag=”neweasyazon-20″]The Big Picture: Education is Everyone\u2019s Business[\/easyazon_link].\u00a0Aimed at secondary education, but with powerful ideas applicable at any level. This may be the best book written about high school reform in decades.\u00a0<\/i><\/li>\n
  4. [easyazon_image align=”right” height=”160″ identifier=”0393344266″ locale=”US” src=”http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/41azzoJvadL.SL160.jpg” tag=”neweasyazon-20″ width=”107″]Tunstall, Tricia. (2013) [easyazon_link identifier=”0393344266″ locale=”US” tag=”neweasyazon-20″]Changing Lives: Gustavo Dudamel, El Sistema, and the Transformative Power\u00a0of Music[\/easyazon_link].\u00a0One of the finest books about teaching and learning I\u2019ve read in the past decade. This lessons in this book are applicable across all subject areas.\u00a0<\/i><\/li>\n
  5. [easyazon_image align=”right” height=”160″ identifier=”0465010636″ locale=”US” src=”http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/51nnrgc3gBL.SL160.jpg” tag=”neweasyazon-20″ width=”113″]Papert, Seymour. (1993) [easyazon_link identifier=”0465010636″ locale=”US” tag=”neweasyazon-20″]The Children\u2019s Machine: Rethinking School in the Age of the Computer[\/easyazon_link].\u00a0A seminal book that situates the maker movement and coding\u00a0in a long progressive tradition. This is arguably the\u00a0most important education book of the past quarter century.\u00a0<\/i><\/li>\n
  6. [easyazon_image align=”right” height=”160″ identifier=”0393246167″ locale=”US” src=”http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/519AFgdisGL.SL160.jpg” tag=”neweasyazon-20″ width=”105″]Little, Tom and Katherine Ellison. (2015) [easyazon_link identifier=”0393246167″ locale=”US” tag=”neweasyazon-20″]Loving Learning: How Progressive Education Can Save America’s Schools[\/easyazon_link]\u00a0\u00a0A spectacular case made for progressive education in the face of the nonsense masquerading as school \u201creform\u201d these days.\u00a0<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    You could also indulge yourself in the richest professional learning event of your life by participating in Constructing Modern Knowledge <\/a>2016<\/a>. Limited space\u00a0is still available.<\/p>\n

    The Best Invention and Tinkering Books, plus other cool stuff<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 including\u00a0toys and kits<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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