Education reading

Book Reading: You're Not Listening

January 23 2023

This blog post is about the book You're Not Listening by Kate Murphy, and in particular my reactions to it from a teacher's perspective.

Four levels of listening

September 23 2022

Listening is one of the most important aspects – no, scratch that – the most important aspect of my work in the Maths Learning Centre.

Book Reading: Choice Words

August 08 2017

This post is about my reaction to the book "Choice Words: How Our Language Affects Children's Learning" by Peter H. Jonston.

TMC17 Diary

August 04 2017

Well I did it. I went to Twitter Math Camp 2017 (TMC17) in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Book Reading: Play - How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination and Invigorates the Soul

June 06 2017

Looking back at my blog over the past few months, I've done a lot of these "book reading" posts. I really did mean to do some more on other ideas, but I felt I had to get these thoughts out of the way first. So here's another book reading post, this time about the book "Play: How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination and Invigorates the Soul" by Stuart Brown (with Christopher Vaughan).

Book Reading: Making Number Talks Matter

May 25 2017

Here is another post about a book I've read recently. This time, I'm writing about the book "Making Number Talks Matter" by Cathy Humphreys and Ruth Parker.

Book Reading: Becoming the Math(s) Teacher You Wish You'd Had

May 10 2017

This post is about Tracy Zager's most excellent book, Becoming the Math Teacher You Wish You'd Had.

Book Reading: Which One Doesn't Belong - Teacher Guide

January 19 2017

This is another post about a teaching book I've read recently. This one is about the Which One Doesn't Belong Teacher Guide by Christopher Danielson.

Book Reading: 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematical Discussions

December 13 2016

Writing about the teaching books I've read is fast becoming a series, because this is the third post in a row about a teaching book I've read. The book I finished earlier this week is "5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematical Discussions" by Margaret S. Smith and Mary Kay Stein and coming out of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) in the USA.

Book Reading: Math on the Move

December 02 2016

Over the last week or so, I have been reading the book "Math on the Move" by Malke Rosenfeld (subtitled "Engaging Students in Whole Body Learning"). Ever since connecting with Malke on Twitter back in June or July, I've wanted to read her book, and I finally just bought it and read it. Now that I've finished, it's time to write about my thoughts.