This list is short list of some of my favorite books and authors. My hope is that the list will grow. I have had the opportunity to converse with a handful of these great researchers and writers either via email and/or phone conversation. I hope you get a chance to dive into some of these great minds. If you need a recommendation, please shoot me a line.
Student Development:
- The Attack of the Teenage Brain, Medina
- Brain Storm, Siegel
- The Yes Brain Child, Siegel and Bryson
- The Teenage Brain, Jensen and Nutt
Teacher Development:
- Spark, Ratey
- Focus, Goleman
- Your Brain At Work, Rock
- Quiet Leadership, Rock
- Brain Rules, Medina
- Educate Your Brain, Brown
- Servant Leadership, Greenleaf
Heavy Reading:
- A Users Guide to the Brain, Ratey
- Mastery, Greene
- Consciousness and the Brain, Dehaene
- On Intelligence, Hawkins
- The Body Has a Mind of It’s Own, Blakeslee
- Brain, Mind, and Imagination, Czerner
- Thinking Fast and Slow, Kahneman
- The Brain’s Way of Healing, Doidge
- The Brain That Changes Itself, Doidge
Learning/Memory/Cognitive Psychology/Other
- Make It Stick, Brown
- Peak, Ericsson and Pool
- The Talent Code, Coyle
- Aging With Grace: What the Nun Study Teaches Us About Leading Longer, Healthier, and More Meaningful Lives, Snowden
- How We Learn, Carey
- Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything, Foer
- Teaching How to Learn, Kiewra
- Dynamic Testing, Sternberg
- Outliers: The Story of Success, Gladwell
- Memory Fitness: A Guide for Successful Aging, Einstein and McDaniel
- The Art of Learning, Waitzkin
- Your Memory: How It Works and How to Improve It, Higbee
- Powerful Teaching: Unleash the Science of Learning, Agarwal and Bain
Learning for a Lifetime 