
Book: The Student Mindset by @VESPAmindset via @CrownHousePub
This book would help any educators to think about and evaluate their own teaching pedagogy and adapt it to the needs of their classes so that they can make the intended progress that they need to. […]
Book: How To Explain Absolutely Anything to Absolutely Anyone by @ATharby via @CrownHousePub
This is a book packed with helpful ideas, some to challenge the reader to think, some to inspire the reader to improve their practice and some to help remind us about our core beliefs about teaching. […]
Book: Teaching On A Shoestring by @RussellGrigg & Helen Lewis via @CrownHousePub
In their new ‘Teaching on a Shoestring’ book, Russell Grigg and Helen Lewis focus upon 4 C’s (communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity) for the early years of schooling, but they also acknowledge that some of the resource ideas can also support mathematical development and knowledge and understanding of the world. […]
Book: 15-Minute STEM by @howtostem via @CrownHousePub
Quick, creative science, technology, engineering and mathematics activities for 5–11-year-olds offers an exciting collection of 40 tried-and-tested, easy-to-resource STEM activities designed to engage and inspire young learners. […]
Book: Exam Literacy by @JakeHuntonMFL via @CrownHouse
In Exam Literacy: A guide to doing what works (and not what doesn’t) to better prepare students for exams, Jake Hunton focuses on the latest cognitive research into revision techniques and delivers proven strategies which actually work. […]
Book: Thrive in Your First 3 Years in Teaching by @thrive_teach
Martha, Emily and Ben are thriving teachers. In Thrive they share their personal experiences and demonstrate how you too can thrive during the tricky training year, the daunting NQT year and the crucial RQT year. […]
Book: Developing Tenacity by @LucasLearn & @DrEllenSpencer
Bill Lucas and Ellen Spencer’s Developing Tenacity: Teaching learners how to persevere in the face of difficulty is a powerful call to action and a practical handbook for all teachers who want to stimulate and strengthen their pupils’ learning tenacity. […]
Book: #BOTB Engagement by @WallaceIsabella & @LeahKirkman
Isabella Wallace and Leah Kirkman’s Engagement is a carefully curated collection of experts’ insights on the theme of teacher and learner engagement, which – as they ably demonstrate – can be facilitated and encouraged in a number of ways. […]
Book: The Working Class: Poverty, education and alternative voices by @ITLWorldwide
In The Working Class: Poverty, education and alternative voices, Ian Gilbert unites educators from across the UK and further afield to call on all those working in schools to adopt a more enlightened and empathetic approach to supporting children in challenging circumstances. […]
Book: Leadership Dialogues II by John West-Burnham and @bravehead
Dave Harris and John West-Burnham’s Leadership Dialogues II: Leadership in times of change examines eight more themes crucial to the effective education of our young people in schools. […]
Book: Uncharted Territories by @Hywel_Roberts & @DebraKidd
Hywel Roberts and Debra Kidd’s Uncharted Territories: Adventures in learning is a book of prompts, provocations and possibilities designed to nourish creativity and generate ideas that will get teachers and pupils excited about learning. […]
Book Review: The Learning Power Approach by @GuyClaxton
In The Learning Power Approach: Teaching learners to teach themselves Guy Claxton sets out the design principles of a pedagogical formula that aims to strengthen students’ learning muscles and develop their independence, initiative, determination, and love of learning. […]