Tag: Education
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BR272) “How to Be an Effective Teacher” Book Review
How to be an Effective Teacher: The First Days of School by Harry Wong and Rosemary Wong. 3/5 rating. 323 pages. Book #39 of 2022. Read October 11, 2022. This book is a resource for new (and possibly established) teachers on their first days of school. Teaching is a profession that encompasses so many different…
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BR269) “Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics” Book Review
Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics: 14 Teaching Practices for Enhancing Learning by Peter Liljedahl. 5/5 rating. 299 pages. Book #36 of 2022. Read September 19, 2022. This book has absolutely restructured my approach to teaching and shaped my actions in my classroom. My former mentor teacher recommended this book to me and told me “I’d…
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BR261) “Savage Inequalities” Book Review
Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools by Jonathan Kozol. 4/5 rating. 233 pages. Book #28 of 2022. Read June 15, 2022. This is a scathing overview of how many children we are leaving behind in our public education system. I was almost brought to tears multiple times while reading this book. The absolutely heartbreaking stories…
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BR227) “Classroom Instruction that Works” Book Review
Classroom Instruction that Works: Research-based Strategies for Increasing Student Achievement by Ceri Dean, Elizabeth Hubbell, Howard Pitler, and Bj Stone. 3/5 rating. 170 pages. Book #63 of 2021. Read October 31, 2021. This book goes through nine broad instructional strategies to implement to ensure students learn, understand, and retain what they are taught. It was…
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BR226) “Culturally Responsive Teaching & the Brain” Book Review
Culturally Responsive Teaching & the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students by Zaretta Hammond. 3/5 rating. 154 pages. Book #62 of 2021. Read October 23, 2021. This book has some great ideas for how to be the most effective teacher possible for all students – especially those from different…
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BR225) “How to Differentiate Instruction” Book Review
How to Differentiate Instruction in Academically Diverse Classrooms by Carol Ann Tomlinson. 2/5 rating. 165 pages. Book #61 of 2021. Read October 22, 2021. This book had some great ideas but just had so much discussion that was unnecessary. The idea of differentiating in a classroom is obviously needed. Students are often at varied places…
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BR110) “The Language Instinct” Book Review
The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language by Steven Pinker. 3/5 rating. 448 pages. Book #35 of 2020. Read June 1, 2020. This book is a discussion of the reasons why language appears to be an instinct in much the same way that birds know how to fly or fish swim. This is part…
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BR109) “I am Malala” Book Review
I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai. 4/5 rating. 313 pages. Book #34 of 2020. Read May 30, 2020. This is the amazing story of Malala, the woman who was shot by the Taliban for fighting for every person’s right to an education.…
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BR16) In Defense of a Liberal Education Book Review
In Defense of a Liberal Education by Fareed Zakaria. 3/5 rating. Book #87 of 2019. Read July 17, 2019. This book did a pretty good job of showing the benefits of liberal education even for improved job prospects because of the tenants taught through college-level liberal arts degrees. At the very least, there is certainly…