Book Reviews

There will not be many teachers who use Twitter regularly who are not aware of this book. Ross Morrison McGill is the most followed teacher on Twitter (@TeacherToolkit) and was certainly not shy about promoting his first book to...

I was first introduced to this book by a friend at the very start of my PGCE. At that point in time I was trying so hard to please my very picky tutor that I would never have dreamed of sitting back and saying nothing to the...

I cannot recommend this book highly enough.  In it, Daniel Willingham shares 9 principles about how our mind works and relates them to teaching.  Each chapter deals with a different principle in which he outlines the science in...

You would be hard pushed not to read this book and feel wonderfully optimistic about the potential of students and your own potential to improve your lot.  Shenk gives us biology, psychology and genetic research and reveals, via...

This short book is a really invaluable guide to differentiation in your classroom. It is arranged neatly into (unsurprisingly!) seven sections, each with a range of themed strategies to effectively differentiate for your...

Bookshelves the world over, are awash with books about educational improvement and transformation – in my time I’ve read a few of them and for the most part, I’ve often found them to be quite dry and academic. It was therefore...