Welcome to the MAT! It may be a while before our first day of class, and hopefully you are already chomping at the bit to start thinking about teaching. I recommend that you check out some key resources for teachers that will get you thinking...

Books by elementary schoolteachers that middle and high school teachers can learn a lot from…

·      Marva Collins Way by Marva Collins

·      Educating Esme by Esme Raji Codel

Middle and High School Teachers telling their stories

·      Holler if You Hear Me by Gregory Michie

·      Crossing the Water by Daniel Rob

·      The Water is Wide by Pat Conroy

Important Classics on School Reform

·      Summerhill by Alexander Sutherland Neill

• A Time to Learn by George H. Wood

Podcasts:

·      https://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/tag/77 I recommend absolutely every episode on this list. Listen to one and you’ll be hooked.

·      Subscribe to the podcast “Educate” (produced by APM Reports)

Movies:

·      Freedom Writers

·      Dead Poet’s Society

·      Stand and Deliver

TED Talks

·      A variety of great TED Talks on Education: https://www.ted.com/playlists/125/tv_special_ted_talks_educatio

·      Ken Robinson says schools kill creativity http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html

·      Ken Robinson Bring on the learning revolution! http://www.ted.com/talks/sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revolution.html  

·      Sugata Mitra The Child Driven Education http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education.html

·      Kiran Bir Sethi Teaching Kids to Take Charge http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/kiran_bir_sethi_teaches_kids_to_take_charge.html

• Diana Laufenberg - How to learn? From mistakes http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/diana_laufenberg_3_ways_to_teach.html
• Geoff Mulgan – A Short Introduction to the Studio School

http://www.ted.com/talks/geoff_mulgan_a_short_intro_to_the_studio_school.html