The Action Research booklet can be downloaded here
Reading list:
Inspire
Feedback
Behaviour for Learning
Support
Action Research:
Other titles of interest:
Reading list:
Inspire
- Visible Learning and the Science of How We Learn, John Hattie and Gregory Yates.
- Why don’t students like school?: A cognitive scientist answers questions about how the mind works, Daniel T Willingham
- Pimp your lesson: Prepare, Innovate, Motivate and Perfect, Isabella Wallace and Leah Kirkman
- Visible Learning and the Science of How We Learn, John Hattie and Gregory Yates.
- http://www.ted.com/talks/carol_dweck_the_power_of_believing_that_you_can_improve?language=en
- http://www.mindsetworks.com/webnav/whatismindset.aspx
- http://www.teacherstoolbox.co.uk/Dweck_Motivation.html
- http://www.mindsetworks.com/
- Dweck, C. S. (2012). Mindset: How You Can Fulfill Your Potential. Constable & Robinson Limited.
- Dweck, C. S. (2006). Mindset: The new psychology of success. New York: Random House.
- Dweck, C. S. (1999). Self-theories: Their role in motivation, personality and development. Philadelphia: Psychology Press.
- Elliot, A. J., & Dweck, C. S. (Eds.). (2005). Handbook of competence and motivation. New York: Guilford.
- Heckhausen, J., & Dweck, C. S. (Eds.). (1998). Motivation and self-regulation across the life span. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
- Growth Mindset Pocketbook. Hymer and Gershon.
- Ready-To-Use Resources For Mindsets in the Classroom. Mary Cay Ricci.
- Grit: Passion, Perseverance, and the Science of Success. Angela Duckworth.
- Educating Ruby, what our children really need to learn, confidence, curiosity, collaboration, communication, creativity, commitment and craftsmanship, Guy Claxton and Bill Lucas.
- Building Learning Power. Guy Claxton
- http://geoffpetty.com/for-teachers/questioning/ a blog on questioning techniques in teaching
- http://teachertools.londongt.org/?page=questioningTechniques
- Grit: Passion, Perseverance, and the Science of Success. Angela Duckworth.
Feedback
- https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/public/files/Publications/EEF_Marking_Review_April_2016.pdf a collection of the research to date on different areas by the Education Endowment Fund.
- Dylan Williams an overview: http://www.teachwire.net/news/time-to-reassess-the-correct-way-to-use-formative-assessment
- Dylan Williams. See this 2 minute video for an outline: http://www.journeytoexcellence.org.uk/videos/expertspeakers/formativeassessmentdylanwiliam.asp or his website: http://www.dylanwiliam.org/Dylan_Wiliams_website/Welcome.html)
- Guy Claxton who talks about Building learning power: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlYRhoWtoiM
- Visible Learning and the Science of How We Learn, John Hattie and Gregory Yates.
- Talk Less Teaching, Practice, Participation and Progress, Isabella Wallace and Leah Kirkman.
- How To Use Assessment For Learning in the Classroom, The Complete Guide, Mike Gershon (Chapter Seven)
- Embedded formative assessment, Dylan William (chapter 5).
- Making feedback count: https://headguruteacher.com/2012/11/10/mak-feedback-count-close-the-gap/
- http://www.teachertoolkit.me/2016/06/05/assessment-after-levels/
- How to not mark but still make feedback powerful (English Specialist): https://readingallthebooks.com/2016/03/19/giving-feedback-the-michaela-way/
Behaviour for Learning
- Guy Claxton who talks about Building learning power: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlYRhoWtoiM
- Grit: Passion, Perseverance, and the Science of Success. Angela Duckworth.
- Building learning Power: helping young people become better learners, Guy Claxton
- The Learning Powered School, Pioneering 21st Century Education, Guy Claxton, Maryl Chambers, Graham Powell and Bill Lucas.
Support
- Improving the context for inclusion: Personalising Teacher development through Action Research. Andy Howes, SMB Davies and Sam Fox
Action Research:
- Inside/outside: Teacher Research and Knowledge. Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Susan Landy Lytle
- Action Research, The Challenges of Understanding and Changing Practice. Townsend.
- A Handbook for Teacher Research, from design to implementation. Lankshear and Knobel.
- A Teacher’s Guide to Classroom Research. David Hopkins
- Lesson Study: Professional learning for our time. Peter Dudley
Other titles of interest:
- http://www.economist.com/news/briefing/21700385-great-teaching-has-long-been-seen-innate-skill-reformers-are-showing-best?fsrc=scn/tw/te/pe/ed/teachingtheteachers What interventions are most effective in the classroom (In terms of teacher time and value for money)
- This Much I Know about Love Over Fear…… Creating a Culture For Truly Great Teaching, John Tomsett.
- Creative Schools, Revolutionizing Education from the Ground Up, Ken Robinson.
- Teaching Backwards, Andy Griffith and Mark Burns.
- https://headguruteacher.com/2016/03/19/focusing-our-teaching-and-learning-priorities-a-reading-list/ A reading list of reading lists.