The Peers virtual bookshelf is just like your favorite bookstore–but exclusively focused on our six Peers Topics. Check out our reviews and synopses as you add selections to your own professional collection. We welcome submissions and suggestions from our Peers members, so feel free to send us ideas for books to include in this section of the website.
The Science of Working With Others by Casey Reason Casey reason approaches leadership in school from an emotional perspective. He believes that effective management is the result of an attuned approach to working with individuals and groups. In this book, he lays out a series of strategies for addressing fear and stress and building a [...]
How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns by Clayton Christensen ((c) 2008 McGraw Hill) “If we agree that we learn differently and that students need customized pathways and paces to learn, why do schools standardize the way they teach and the way they test? With this question, Harvard Business School professor Clay [...]
The great Brazilian activist and teacher Paolo Freire (1921-1997) left a lasting mark on the field of education. His dedication to equity, liberation, and intellectual freedom resonates throughout the world. In this collection of essays, a group of contemporary writers address the issues that Freire raised, drawing connections and finding relevance to the work of [...]
This recent publication (2009) from the International Society for Technology in Education (iste) documents a series of case studies featuring great uses of technology to expand students’ world views. The author, Laurence Peters, provides a compelling argument for integrating global perspectives and global awareness into all of the subjects we teach. The book presents great [...]
In a collection of five essays about education, learning, teaching, and social values, Herbert Kohl shares powerful insights based on forty years of teaching and working with youth. In “I Won’t Learn From You,” he examines the phenomenon of willed “not-learning,” in which otherwise intelligent students deliberately choose not to participate in the educational process. [...]
John Holt examines the multiple factors that influence children’s experiences in school. His observations and arguments are based on his own work in classrooms and the common strategies he sees children employing as they attempt to navigate their way through school. Holt speaks frequently of the fear and anxiety that children feel in schools, and [...]