Books from Crown House Publishing Ltd
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Opening Doors to a Richer English Curriculum for Ages 6 to 9 (Opening Doors series)
By Verity Jones, Leah Crawford, Bob Cox... thanks to Victoria Bluck Writing for Pleasure – with thanks to Ross Young and Felicity Ferguson Above all, huge thanks to the team at Crown House Publishing, without whom the 'Opening Doors' series would never have been written!
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Dynamically Different Classrooms: Create spaces that spark learning
By Claire GadsbyRobson, Kelsey and Sonia Mastrangelo (2017). Children's views of the learning environment: a study exploring the Reggio Emilia principle of the environment as the third teacher, Journal of Childhood Studies 42(4): 1–16.
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The CPD Curriculum: Creating conditions for growth
By Mark Enser, Zoe Enser23 24 25 26 P. Cordingley , S. Higgins , T. Greany , N. Buckler , D. Coles - Jordan , B. Crisp , L. Saunders and R. Coe , Developing Great Teaching : Lessons from the International Reviews into Effective Professional Development ...
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Making Every History Lesson Count: Six principles to support great history teaching (Making Every Lesson Count series)
By Chris RunecklesA Taxonomy for Learning, Teaching, and Assessing: A Revision of Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives (New York: Pearson). Beck, Isabel L., Margaret G. McKeown and Linda Kucan (2013). Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary ...
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Opening Doors to a Richer English Curriculum for Ages 10 to 13 (Opening Doors series)
By Verity Jones, Leah Crawford, Bob CoxYen Mah, Adeline (1999). Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter. Harlow: Pearson. Yousafzai, Malala (2013). I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson.
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Opening Doors to Quality Writing 6-9: Ideas for writing inspired by great writers
By Bob CoxSome of your pupils may wish to explore nonsense poems by Edward Lear (see Unit 1) or the kinds of names used by Lewis Carroll in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. This will deepen their understanding and develop their imagination.
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Powering Up Children: The Learning Power Approach to primary teaching (The Learning Power series)
By Guy Claxton, Becky CarlzonPrevious collaborators we are indebted to include: Maryl Chambers, Leanne Day, Jenny Elmer, Janet Hanson, Bill Lucas, Ellen Spencer, and Steve Watson. The primary teachers and head teachers who have showed us the way include: Julie ...
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Living Contradiction: A teacher's examination of tension and disruption in schools,in classrooms and in self
By Sean WarrenKidd, D. (2014) Teaching: Notes from the Front Line. Carmarthen: Independent Thinking Press. Kitching, K. (2009) Teachers' negative experiences and expressions of emotion: being true to yourself or keeping you in your place?
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Neuroscience for Teachers: Applying research evidence from brain science
By Richard Churches, Eleanor Dommett, Ian DevonshireBangert-Drowns, R.L., Kulik, C.L.C., Kulik, J.A. and Morgan, M. (1991) 'The instructional effect of feedback in test-like events' ... In S. Della Sala and M. Anderson (eds), Neuroscience in Education: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (pp.
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Four Pillars of Parental Engagement: Empowering schools to connect better with parents and pupils
By Justin Robbins, Karen DempsterIn this groundbreaking book, Justin Robbins and Karen Dempster offer a unique approach to the holy grail of parental engagement for the 21st century.
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Zest for Learning: Developing curious learners who relish real-world challenges (Pedagogy for a Changing World series)
By Bill Lucas, Ellen SpencerHonorary lecture delivered at the University of Lund, Sweden, 26 May 2016. In What Are We Doing Here? Essays [Kindle edn]. London: Virago, loc. 554–766. Robinson, M. (2018b). The American Scholar Now. Presidential Lecture delivered at ...
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Time Line Therapy and the Basis of Personality: and the basis of personality
By Tad JamesGreg: “You know, it was like when you pull a plug out of the wall at night and you see the blue spark?” Tad: “Uh huh.” Greg: “Well if you pull it out...” Tad: “You saw a blue spark in there?” Greg: “Yeah. Well, it was real red.
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Becoming a Teacher: The legal, ethical and moral implications of entering society's most fundamental profession
By Alan Newland(Examples of this are the feminists Julie Bindel and Germaine Greer who have been regularly noplatformed at UK universities, and the Canadian academic Jordan Peterson who has also been no-platformed at British, US and Canadian ...
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The Collaborative Leader: The ultimate leadership challenge
By Ian McDermott, L Michael HallIf you are to walk your talk, you need to demonstrate collaborative skills yourself, and this book will show you the 'how to's' for developing the critical success elements of leadership.
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Powering Up Your School: The Learning Power Approach to school leadership (The Learning Power series)
By Guy Claxton, Graham Powell, Jann RobinsonSingapore maths, reciprocal reading, Philosophy for Children (P4C), growth mindset, Alison Peacock's work on learning without limits,8 and the mastery approach were all thrown into the mix. There was a lot of “good stuff” going on – but ...
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Big Ideas in Education: What Every Teacher Should Know
By Dr Russell Grigg... 7, 8, 9 Seldon, Anthony, 1, 2 SelfOrganised Learning Environments (SOLEs), 1 Senge, Peter, 1 Shayer, David, 1 Sinek, ... Sam, 1 Structure of Observed Learning Outcomes (SOLO) taxonomy, 1 success criteria, 1 Sutton Trust, 1, 2, 3, 4, ...
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Exam Literacy: A guide to doing what works (and not what doesn't) to better prepare students for exams
By Jake HuntonIn the 1950s, George Miller defined the limits of short-term memory as 7+ 2 items. This means that most of us can retain a seven digit telephone number without too much effort but anything longer is problematic.23 In a session on dual ...
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Powering Up Students: The Learning Power Approach to high school teaching (The Learning Power series)
By Guy Claxton, Graham PowellOne student, Harvey, chose to examine the issue of drugs in his community and spoke to the local mayor, sharing the facts and figures he had researched and asking what was being done to address the problem. The mayor indicated rather ...
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Making Kids Cleverer: A manifesto for closing the advantage gap
By David DidauDavid P. Farrington, Origins of Violent Behavior Over the Life Span. In Daniel J. Flannery, Alexander T. Vazsonyi and Irwin D. Waldman (eds), The Cambridge Handbook of Violent Behavior and Aggression (Cambridge: Cambridge University ...
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Thrive: In your first three years in teaching
By Ben Wright, Emily Clements, Martha BoyneRoediger, Henry L., Putnam, Adam L. and Smith, Megan A. (2011) 'Ten benefits of testing and their applications to educational practice'. In Jose P. Mestre and Brian H. Ross (eds), The Psychology of Learning and Motivation: Cognition in ...