Every year, I invite readers of this blog to share the favorite education-related book they read during the previous twelve months. The books could have been published earlier and the only requirement is that you had read them sometime this year.
In addition to the leaving the name of the title and author in the comments section, it would be great if you could also write one sentence explaining why you liked the book.
The deadline for me to receive your recommendations is December 24th. I’ll publish the entire list the following week.
You might also be interested in seeing book recommendations from previous years:
The Best Education-Related Books Visitors To This Blog Read In 2015
The Best Education-Related Books Visitors To This Blog Read In 2014
The Best Education-Related Books Visitors To This Blog Read In 2013
The Best Education-Related Books Visitors To This Blog Read In 2012
The Best Education-Related Books Visitors To This Blog Read In 2011
The Best Education-Related Books Visitors To This Blog Read In 2010
The Best Education-Related Books Visitors To This Blog Read In 2009
The Best Education-Related Books Visitors To This Blog Read In 2008
The Art of Coaching Teams by Elena Aguilar – full of “aha” insights and beautifully written prose. And totally practical, too!
https://www.amazon.com/Art-Coaching-Teams-Resilient-Communities/dp/1118984153
Dear Mr. Ferlazzo,
My name is Carolina Pérez Ramírez, I am a Spanish teacher, and a regular reader of your blog.
I love reading books related with Education. I read “La Nueva Educación” by César Bona this summer, and I loved it. In my opinion it is a book that inspires teachers.
Best regards,
Carolina Pérez
Dear Larry,
Your ideas and your dedication are second to none and I highly enjoy reading your posts. Where do you find the time? THANK YOU for all your efforts in improving the quality of teaching!
I read ‘Seven Myths about Education’ by Daisy Christodoulou and found it an eye-opener. She calmly collects facts about trends in modern education, such as a tendency to downplay knowledge and teacher-led instruction in times of the internet and Google.
I would recommend the book to beginner teachers to make them realise the gap between what they have been told at teacher college and the real classroom.
I teach high school ESOL, Social Studies, and Language Arts in Baltimore City. Last spring I had the opportunity to attend the New York Collective of Radical Educators conference and heard Chris Emdin speak. He was riveting. I immediately bought his book, “For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood (And for the Rest of Y’all Too.” It was one of the best teaching books I’ve read in a long time, with concrete suggestions for how teachers can incorporate students’ home cultures into regular instruction.