Research Summaries Database

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Title	Author	Category	Publisher
The science of learning September 2015	Professor Dan Willingham and Paul Bruno	Education theory	Deans for Impact
The problem solvers June 2016	Charles Leadbeater	Character and non-cognitive development Pupil development and support View all	Pearson Publishing
Principles of instruction 2010	Professor Barak Rosenshine	Education research Learning styles and cognitive development Teaching/classroom practice +1 more	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
Critical thinking: why is it so hard to teach? June 2007	Professor Daniel Willingham	Learning styles and cognitive development View all	American Educator
The learning rainforest: great teaching in real classrooms October 2017	Tom Sherrington	Teaching/classroom practice	John Catt Educational
Towards dialogic teaching: rethinking classroom talk 2008	Professor Robin J. Alexander	Education theory	Dialogos Publications
An ethic of excellence: building a culture of craftsmanship with students 2003	Ron Berger	Education theory View all	Heinemann
Creative writing in schools; literature review July 2017	Eleanor Bernardes, Loic Menzies	Curriculum/subject related	LKMco
Democracy and education: an introduction to the philosophy of education 1919	John Dewey	Education theory	Macmillan
Bounce: the myth of talent and the power of practice April 2010	Matthew Syed	Character and non-cognitive development Education theory Spiritual, moral, social and cultural education (SMSC) +1 more	Harper Collins Publishing
Where good ideas come from? The natural history of innovation 2010	Steven Johnson	Education theory	Penguin Books
The knowledge: how to rebuild our world from scratch April 2014	Dr Lewis Dartnell	Education theory	Penguin Books
How to create kind schools: 12 extraordinary projects making schools happier and helping every child fit in April 2015	Jenny Hulme	Education theory	Jessica Kingsley Publishers
From the ivory tower to the schoolhouse: how scholarship becomes common knowledge in education April 2014	Professor Jack Schneider	Education theory	Harvard Education Publishing Group
Progressively worse: the burden of bad ideas 2014	Robert Peal	Education theory	Civitas
The secret of literacy: making the implicit, explicit 2014	David Didau	Education theory View all	Independent Thinking Press
Trivium 21st century 2013	Martin Robinson	Character and non-cognitive development Curriculum planning Curriculum/subject related +6 more	Crown House Publishing
Teacher proof: why research in education doesn't always mean what it claims, and what you can do about it 2013	Tom Bennett	Education research Education theory Performance and accountability +1 more	Routledge
The schools we need - and why we don't have them 1996	Dr Eric D. Hirsch, Jr	Education theory View all	Doubleday - Penguin Random House
Teaching today November 2014	Geoff Petty	Education theory	Oxford University Press