Research Summaries Database

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Title	Author	Category	Publisher
New kinds of smart: how the science of learnable intelligence is changing education 2010	Professor Bill Lucas and Professor Guy Claxton	Education theory View all	Open University Press
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
Nudge: improving decisions about health, wealth and happiness 2008	Dr Richard H Thaler and Professor Cass Sunstein	Education theory	Penguin Books
Teaching today November 2014	Geoff Petty	Education theory	Oxford University Press
The principal: three keys to maximizing impact 18 March 2014	Professor Michael Fullan	Leadership and governance System improvement and collaboration View all	John Wiley and Sons
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
Reading reconsidered: a practical guide to rigorous literacy instruction February 2016	Doug Lemov, Colleen Driggs and Erica Woolway	Literacy and numeracy View all	Jossey-Bass
How to teach: literacy 2015	Phil Beadle	Literacy and numeracy Teaching/classroom practice View all	Independent Thinking Press
Change: learn to love it, learn to lead it June 2013	Richard Gerver	Leadership and governance Professional development Schools, teaching and management +3 more	Penguin Books
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
Does the gender of a teacher really matter? 7 - 8-year-olds' accounts of their interactions with their teachers November 2007	Professor Bruce Carrington and Professor Becky Francis, et al	Education policy Education research International policy +4 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
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
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
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
Leadership for teacher learning: creating a culture where all teachers improve so that all students succeed February 2016	Professor Dylan Wiliam	Education research Performance and accountability Professional development +3 more	Learning Sciences International (LSI)
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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