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Summer reading list

04 June 2007

Summer is a time to relax, recharge, reflect and refocus. Listed below are a few titles that I hope will engage and inspire you. Have a great summer!

Allen, D., (2003). Getting things done: The art of stress-free productivity. New York: Penguin Books. (more info)

Ashton-Warner, S., (1986). Teacher. New York: Simon & Schuster. (LC3501.M3 A8 - Zanesville) (more info)

Berk, R., (1998). Professors are from mars, students are from snickers: How to write and deliver humor in the classroom and in professional presentations. Madison: Mendota Press. (LB2326 .B47 1998 - Chillicothe) (more info)

Berk, R., (2002). Humor as an instructional defibrillator: Evidence-based techniques in teaching and assessment. Sterling: Stylus Publishing. (LB1027 .B472 2002 - Zanesville) (more info)

Braithwaite, E., (1977). To Sir, with love. New York: Jove. (LA639.L8 B7 - Zanesville) (more info)

Brookfield, S., (1995). Becoming a critically reflective teacher. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. (LB2331 .B677 1995 - Athens, Eastern, Lancaster, Southern) (more info)

Conroy, P., (2006). The water is wide. New York: Dial Press Trade Paperbacks. (LA362.B4 C6 - Athens) (more info)

Covey, S., Merrill, a., & Merrill, R. (1995). First things first. New York: Simon & Schuster. (more info)

Filene, P., (2005). The joy of teaching. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. (more info)

Finkel, D., (2000). Teaching with your mouth shut. Portsmouth: Boynton/Cook Publishers. (more info)

Leamnson, R., (1999). Thinking about teaching and learning: Developing habits of learning with first year college and university students. Sterling: Stylus Publishing. (LB2331 .L39 1999 - Athens) (more info)

Liu, E., (2004). Guiding lights: The people who lead us toward our purpose in life. New York: Random House. (158 Liu) (more info)

Macrorie, K., (1984). Twenty teachers. Oxford Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press. (LB1025.2 .M324 1984 - Athens & Chillicothe) (more info)

Mccourt, F., (2005). Teacher man. New York: Scribner. (LA2317.M36 A3 2005 - Eastern & Athens) (more info)

Nathan, R., (2005). My freshman year: What a professor learned by becoming a student. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. (LB3605 .N34 2005 - Athens) (more info)

Palmer, P., (1998). The courage to teach. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. (more info)

Rose, M., (2005). Lives on the boundary. New York: Penguin. (more info)

Schön, D., (1991). The reflective turn: Case studies in and on educational practice. New York: Teachers College Press. (LB1025.3 .R44 1991 - Athens) (more info)

Tracy, B., (2002). Eat that frog!. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers. (more info)

Truss, L., (2005). Talk to the hand. New York: Gotham. (395 Tru) (more info)