Digital Reading Lists for Teachers

Ideal places to start for Early Career Teachers

Pedagogy (TS2 How pupils learn, TS4 Classroom practice, TS5 Adaptive teacher)

T&L – Google Drive Summary of Kate Jones, Retrieval Practice 

T&L – Google Drive, Summary of Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction 

Principles of Instruction: Research-Based Strategies That All Teachers Should Know, by Barak Rosenshine; American Educator Vol. 36, No. 1, Spring 2012, AFT

Dropbox – Book summaries – Simplify your life Summary of Doug Lemov, Teach Like a Champion 

Dropbox – Book summaries – Simplify your life Summary of Tharby and Allison, Make every lesson count

A walk through ‘Making Every Lesson Count’ | Class Teaching (wordpress.com) Summary of Making every lesson count

Dropbox – Book summaries – Simplify your life Summary of Agarwal and Bain, Powerful Teaching

Dropbox – Book summaries – Simplify your life Summary of Brown, Roediger and McDaniel, Make it Stick – the science of successful learning

Dropbox – Book summaries – Simplify your life Summary of Hendrick and Macpherson, What does this look like in the classroom, Bridging the gap between research and practice, 

Cognitive load theory: Research that teachers really need to understand (nsw.gov.au)

Cognitive load theory in practice – Examples for the classroom (nsw.gov.au)

Cognitive Load Theory and its application in the classroom | impact.chartered.college

Putting Students on the Path to Learning: The Case for Fully Guided Instruction, by Richard E. Clark, Paul A. Kirschner, and John Sweller; American Educator Vol. 36, No. 1, Spring 2012; AFT

Fully Guided Instruction | Durrington Research School

RetrievalPracticeGuide.pdf Brown, Roediger, McDaniel and Dermot Retrieval Practice Guide

Learn how to Study Using… Retrieval Practice — The Learning Scientists

Strengthening the Student Toolbox: Study Strategies to Boost Learning, By John Dunlosky, American Educator, Vol. 37, No. 3, Fall 2013, AFT

Curriculum Matters | Class Teaching (wordpress.com), Allison on importance of the Curriculum

What I Learned From: – Teach Like Nobody’s Watching by Mark Enser – This Teacher Speaks

I, We, You – A Simple Approach To Modelling | Class Teaching (wordpress.com)

Summary_of_recommendations_poster.pdf (educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk) Metacognition and self-regulated learning EEF summary

Metacognition and self-regulation | Toolkit Strand | Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Summary of evidence review on metacognition and self-regulation

Rosenshine and Sherrington on Questioning | CIRL (etoncollege.com) Questioning

What does the evidence say about… | Durrington Research School Evidence on Questioning

Special Educational Needs in Mainstream Schools | Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Special Needs in mainstream schools, EEF summary

Making Best Use of Teaching Assistants | Education Endowment Foundation | EEF

Creating an inclusive classroom: How best to ensure that all students progress and thrive – The Early Career Hub (chartered.college)

SEND and the art of detection: An evidence based approach to supporting learners – The Early Career Hub (chartered.college)

Supporting learners who use English as an additional language – The Early Career Hub (chartered.college)

Pupil_Premium_Guidance.pdf (educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk)

Improving Literacy in Secondary Schools | Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Literacy across the school, EEF summary

Oral language interventions | Toolkit Strand | Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Oracy to develop literacy, EEF summary

Reading comprehension strategies | Toolkit Strand | Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Developing reading to develop literacy, EEF summary

What I’m learning from reading Judith Hochman and Natalie Wexler’s ‘The Writing Revolution’: Part 1 — More writing isn’t better writing. | by Kristian Shanks | MediumOvercoming literacy/barriers to learning, and chunking and scaffolding writing, Hochman and Wexler, Writing Revolution Summary

Homework (Secondary) | Toolkit Strand | Education Endowment Foundation | EEF, EFF summary on research into secondary homework

Setting or streaming | Toolkit Strand | Education Endowment Foundation | EEF, 

EEF_Attainment_Gap_Report_2018_-_print.pdf (educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk), Evidence on attainment gap and disadvantaged pupils, EEF summary

5ee9f507021911ae35ac6c4d_EBE_GTT_EVIDENCE REVIEW_DIGITAL.pdf (website-files.com) Evidence review, evidence based education on great teaching

It’s good to talk: Moving towards dialogic teaching | impact.chartered.college

Teachers Make a Difference, What is the research evidence? (acer.edu.au) What makes a difference, John Hattie

ITT Core Content Framework (publishing.service.gov.uk)Digital weblinks at the end of document on ITT and Pedagogy

DfE references and wider reading: Early Career Framework Section 2 – How Pupils Learn – The Early Career Hub (chartered.college)

DfE references and wider reading: Early Career Framework Section 4 – Classroom Practice – The Early Career Hub (chartered.college)

DfE references and wider reading: Early Career Framework Section 5 – Adaptive Teaching – The Early Career Hub (chartered.college)

Watch

researchED Durrington Making Kids Cleverer What knowledge – YouTube

Doug Lemov TLAC Questioning Strategies – YouTube and other teach like a champion strategies 

researchED Durrington 2020 Clare Sealy: Memory and Cognitive Overload – a practical session – YouTube

researchEDHome 2020 Daisy Christodoulou: How to remember anything, forever – YouTube – how memory and learning works

researchEDHome 2020 Tom Sherrington: Rosenshine’s Principles and Curriculum Design: Connection? – YouTube

researchED Home 2020 Oliver Caviglioli: Dual Coding to Organise Ideas – YouTube

researchEDHome 2020 Jude Hunton: “Chunk it, don’t flunk it” Leading &teaching a memorable curriculum – YouTube

Behaviour (TS1 High Expectations, TS1 Behaviour Management)

Dropbox – Book summaries – Simplify your life Summary of Hendrick and Macpherson, What does this look like in the classroom, Bridging the gap between research and practice, 

Dropbox – Book summaries – Simplify your life Summary of Doug Lemov, Teach Like a Champion 

Parental engagement | Toolkit Strand | Education Endowment Foundation | EEF, Communicating with and gaining parental engagement EEF summary

Improving Behaviour in Schools | Education Endowment Foundation | EEF 6 key recommendations for behaviour, EEF

Improving Behaviour in Schools | Education Endowment Foundation | EEF summary poster improving behaviour in schools, EEF

Behaviour Management Strategies: Tom Bennett on TES Webchat – YouTube

Managing Behaviour for Learning Q&A 1 (with Tom Bennett) | June 2020 | Online CPD – YouTube

Rebooting behaviour after lockdown- Advice to schools reopening in the age of COVID-19 (behaviourguru.blogspot.com) Tom Bennett behaviour tips

Behaviour Management: A Bill Rogers Top 10 | teacherhead

Does teacher confidence affect student outcomes? | Tes News, teacher role model qualities, Marc Smith

5ee9f507021911ae35ac6c4d_EBE_GTT_EVIDENCE REVIEW_DIGITAL.pdf (website-files.com) evidence review on creating the right classroom environment, evidence based education

Staying ambitious, motivated and focused during Year 11 is worth half a grade per GCSE subject – FFT Education Datalab, evidence review ambition, challenge and motivation

What is the best way to motivate students in your subject? | impact.chartered.college, Adam Boxer and motivation

wise-up-prioritising-wellbeing-in-schools.pdf (youngminds.org.uk) Mental health and pupils

mental-health-schools-make-it-count-teachers-guide.pdfMental Health Foundation guide for teachers

Ask the Cognitive Scientist: How Praise Can Motivate—or Stifle | American Federation of Teachers (aft.org)

ITT Core Content Framework (publishing.service.gov.uk)digital weblinks at end of document on ITT and behaviour

DfE references and wider reading: Early Career Framework Section 1 – High Expectations – The Early Career Hub (chartered.college)

Watch

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT: Teach Like A Champion techniques – YouTube Doug Lemov’s Top Behaviour Tips, Teach like a champion

Assessment (TS6 Make accurate and productive use of assessment)

Dropbox – Book summaries – Simplify your life Summary of Dylan Williams, Embedded Formative Assessment Book 

Dropbox – Book summaries – Simplify your life Summary of Tharby and Allison, Make every lesson count

A walk through ‘Making Every Lesson Count’ | Class Teaching (wordpress.com) Summary of Making every lesson count

Strengthening the Student Toolbox: Study Strategies to Boost Learning, By John Dunlosky, American Educator, Vol. 37, No. 3, Fall 2013, AFT

What #EveryTeacher needs to know about assessment: a panel event – Evidence Based Education Assessment top tips, Evidence Based Education

What makes great assessment? (evidencebased.education)Summary of tips, Evidence based education

The Testing Charade | Harvard Graduate School of Education, Koretz on summary of his book ‘The Testing Charade’

Making Good Progress?: The future of Assessment for Learning – Daisy Christodoulou Summary of Christodoulou assessment book Making good progress

Assessing extended writing: Options and innovations | impact.chartered.college

How can formative assessment work for both learners and teachers? | impact.chartered.college

The Secret of Effective Feedback – Educational Leadership (ascd.org) Dylan Williams summary article

Assessing and Monitoring Pupil Progress | Education Endowment Foundation | EEF

Teacher wellbeing and workload: Why a work–life balance is essential for the teaching profession – The Early Career Hub (chartered.college)

Supporting your workload as an early career teacher – The Early Career Hub (chartered.college)

How reducing teacher workload can improve student outcomes | impact.chartered.college

ITT Core Content Framework (publishing.service.gov.uk)Digital reading list at the end of the document on ITT and Assessment

DfE references and wider reading: Early Career Framework Section 6 – Assessment – The Early Career Hub (chartered.college)

Professional Behaviours (TS8 Professional Behaviours and part 2 Teacher Standards: Personal and Professional Conduct)

Improving Social and Emotional Learning in Primary Schools | Education Endowment Foundation | EEF Supporting a child’s social and emotional development

Social and emotional learning | Toolkit Strand | Education Endowment Foundation | EEF, supporting social and emotional development, EEF research summary

Evaluation: Why, what and how | impact.chartered.collegeprofessional development and evidence informed education

The effects of high-quality professional development on teachers and students – Education Policy Institute (epi.org.uk)

Getting subject-specific CPD right (headteacher-update.com)Evidence on importance of subject specific CPD

Building Professional Relationships (ascd.org)

Building positive relationships with colleagues, students and parents | Education Support

Professional Relationships – Professional skills (weebly.com)

ITT Core Content Framework (publishing.service.gov.uk)Digital reading list at the end of the document on ITT and Professional Behaviours

DfE references and wider reading: Early Career Framework Section 8 – Professional Behaviours – The Early Career Hub (chartered.college)