Research Summaries Database

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Title	Author	Category	Publisher
The ins and outs of selective secondary schools: a debate March 2015	Dr. Sarah Jenkins	Education theory	Civitas
Studying teacher education: the report of the AERA panel on research and teacher education 2005	Professor Marilyn Cochran-Smith and Professor Kenneth M Zeichner	Education theory	Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
Why don't students like school?: a cognitive scientist answers questions about how the mind works and what it means for the classroom 2009	Professor Dan Willingham	Education theory	Jossey-Bass
Building a better teacher: how teaching works (and how to teach it to everyone) 2014	Elizabeth Green	Education theory	W W Norton and Company
How to run an Academy school 2014	Katie Paxton-Doggett	Education theory	Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators
Teaching today November 2014	Geoff Petty	Education theory	Oxford University Press
Mindfulness: a practical guide to finding peace in a frantic world May 2011	Professor Mark Williams and Dr Danny Penman	Mental health Pastoral care and wellbeing Pupil development and support +3 more	Little Brown Book Group
Peak: secrets from the new science of expertise April 2016	Professor Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool	Assessment Learning styles and cognitive development View all	Haughton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing
Teaching character in the primary classroom April 2016	Dr Tom Harrison, Dr John Ryan and Ian Morris	Character and non-cognitive development Spiritual, moral, social and cultural education (SMSC) View all	Sage Publications
How to teach: literacy 2015	Phil Beadle	Literacy and numeracy Teaching/classroom practice View all	Independent Thinking Press
Classroom observation: a guide to the effective observation of teaching and learning January 2014	Dr Matt O'Leary	Performance and accountability Professional development Schools, teaching and management +2 more	Routledge
One thousand best new teacher survival secrets September 2005	Kathleen Brenny and Kandace Martin	Professional development Teacher CPD Teaching/classroom practice +1 more	Sourcebooks
Aristotelian character education April 2016	Professor Kristján Kristjánsson	Character and non-cognitive development Education theory Pupil development and support +2 more	Routledge
The A Level mindset: 40 activities for transforming student commitment, motivation and productivity March 2016	Steve Oakes and Martin Griffin	KS5 Pupil development and support Teaching/classroom practice +1 more	Crown House Publishing
Best practices in gifted education: an evidence based guide 2006	Professor Ann Robinson, Professor Bruce M. Shore and Dr Donna Enersen	Education research Pupil development and support Using education research +1 more	Prufrock Press
Gifted and talented: major themes in education 2009	Professor Deborah Eyre	Education research Learning styles and cognitive development Pupil development and support +3 more	Routledge
Acceleration strategies for teaching gifted learners: the practical strategies series in gifted education 2005	Dr Joyce VanTassel-Baska	Pupil development and support Teaching/classroom practice View all	Prufrock Press
High performance learning January 2016	Professor Deborah Eyre	Education theory Social mobility / closing the gap Spiritual, moral, social and cultural education (SMSC) +2 more	Routledge
What every teacher needs to know about psychology July 2016	David Didau and Nick Rose	Learning styles and cognitive development Teaching/classroom practice View all	John Catt Educational
Talk less teaching: practice, participation and progress June 2014	Isabella Wallace and Lea Kirkman	Learning styles and cognitive development Teaching/classroom practice View all	Crown House Publishing

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