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Summer Reading List for New Teachers
Summer Reading List for New Teachers
Summer is around the corner so we compiled a list of "summer reads" for teachers recommended by community members from a previous discussions here on Edutopia. What other "classic" educator books do you think should be a "must read"? What do you like about these and other recommended books?
1) Why Didn't I Learn This in College? by Paula Rutherford
2) Beyond Smarter: Mediated Learning and the Brain's Capacity for Change by Reuven Feuerstein, Rafael S. Feuerstein, Louis H. Falik
3) Fred Jones Tools for Teaching: Discipline, Instruction, Motivation by Fredric H. Jones, Patrick Jones, Jo Lynn, Fred Jones
4) Educating Esme: Diary of a Teacher's First Year by Esme Raji Codell
5) Star Teachers of Children in Poverty by Martin Haberman
6) Teach Like a Champion: 49 Techniques that Put Students on the Path to College by Doug Lemov
7) Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us by Seth Godin
8) The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children by Gloria Ladson-Billings
9) The First Days of School: How to Be an Effective Teacher by Harry Wong and Rosemary T. Wong
10) The Book Whisperer: Awakening the Inner Reader in Every Child by Donalyn Miller
11) A Mind at a Time by Mel Levine
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