You can now order most of these books online because of an agreement I have entered into with Amazon.com, an online bookstore that I have been ordering from for the past year or so. Clicking on the title will take you to the Amazon.com website, will provide you with further information about each book, and will offer you the opportunity to order it online, usually at a savings of 10-30%. For my part in the deal, I receive a small percentage of each order you place that originates on my website. Thanks in advance for your business.
Arthur, Richard. Gangs and Schools. Learning Publications, Inc., Holmes Beach, FL, 1992.
Bloch, Douglas. Positive Self-Talk for Children -- Teaching Self-Esteem through Affirmations: A Guide for Parents, Teachers, and Counselors. Bantam Doubleday Books, New York, 1993.
A step-by-step guide to helping children build self-esteem, a sense of independence, and greater optimism provides affirmations for every stage in a child's development and features chapters that help adults deal with their own negative tendencies.
Bly, Robert. The Sibling Society. Vintage Book, New York, 1996.
Also available in audio cassette format.
Poet and storyteller Robert Bly takes the baby boomers to task in this highly charged exposure of midlifers' values. Having become jaded by the abuses of authority, the boomers of North America have torn down the traditional hierarchy within their families and within their communities. What's left is a "cultural flatness," says Bly, where adults cling to self-absorbed adolescent values, television talk shows have more clout than elders, children are spiritually abandoned to fend for themselves, and in the place of community we have built shopping malls. As always, Bly relies on mythology, legends, and poetry to illustrate the morals of his stories. Ultimately this is a hopeful piece of work, nudging midlifers to take on the responsibilities (and therefore the rewards) of adulthood.
Bos, Bev. Together We're Better -- Establishing a Coactive Learning Environment. Turn The Page Press, Roseville, CA, 1990.
Bostingl, John Jay. Schools of Quality -- An Introduction to Total Quality Management in Education. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Alexandria, VA, 1992.
Burns, Marilyn. Math -- Facing an American Phobia. Math Solutions Publications, Sausalito, CA, 1998.
Recommended to me by Julie McNamara, School of Education, St. Mary's College.
Research shows more than two-thirds of American adults fear and loathe mathematics. But is doesn't have to be that way. This book looks at why math has such a bad reputation. It laughs at itself while it sneaks its message through about what math can and should mean to us all and how we can keep our children from adopting the negative attitudes many of us have.
California Self-Esteem Task Force. Toward a State of Self-Esteem: The Final Report of the California Task Force to Promote Self-esteem and Personal Responsibility. California State Department of Education, Sacramento, CA, 1990.
Calkins, Lucy McCormick. Raising Lifelong Learners -- A Parent's Guide. Addison Wesley, Reading, MA, 1997.
One of the best books for parents I have ever come across. Clear, concise, and written from a parent-educator's perspective. Am recommending it widely these days. Along the same lines, the following book is in the same league.
Raising Lifelong Learners: A Parent's Guide is a vital book for parents. Beginning with talk as the foundation of literacy, and emphasizing the importance of listening to and speaking with children, Lucy Calkins, longtime education specialist, then moves into the stages of reading and writing: how to recognize an emergent reader, how to foster a young author, and how to encourage a love of books and reading through your own interest and modeling. Additional chapters deal with math, science, and social studies.
Calkin's text is accompanied by extensive appendices by Lydia Bellino, focusing on the role of schools in a child's literacy, including how to pick a preschool or kindergarten, testing and assessment issues, and working together with your child's teachers. Raising Lifelong Learners illuminates the process by which parents can celebrate and support children's skills as readers, writers, and lifelong learners in all fields.
Coles, Robert. The Moral Intelligence of Children -- How to Raise a Moral Child. Random House, New York, 1997.
Also available in audio cassette format.
Child psychiatrist and Harvard professor Robert Coles has actively dedicated much of his life to exemplifying, teaching, and writing about the moral life. In his wonderful new book, Coles illuminates the ways in which children become moral--or not so moral--adults, drawing on case studies, talks with parents, visits to nurseries and classrooms, and interviews with children.
Covey, Stephen R. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People -- Restoring the Character Ethic. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1989.
Covey, Stephen R. Principle-Centered Leadership. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1990.
Covey, Stephen R. First Things First -- To Live, to Love, To Learn, to Leave a Legacy. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1994.
Covington, Martin V. Making the Grade -- A Self-Worth Perspective on Motivation and School Reform. Cambridge University Press, New York, 1992.
Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly. Flow -- The Psychology of Optimal Experience: Steps Toward Enhancing the Quality of Life. HarperPerennial, New York, 1990.
Dewey, John. Experience and Education. Macmillan Publishing Company, New York, 1938.
Dewey, John. Democracy and Education. Macmillan Publishing Company, New York, 1916.
Dishon, Dee & Moorman, Chick. Our Classroom : We Can Learn Together. Institute for Personal Power, 1986.
Recommended to me by Adrienne Rogers (3rd grade teacher, Happy Valley Elementary School, Lafayette, CA.)
Dobyns, Lloyd and Crawford-Mason, Clare. Quality or Else -- The Revolution in World Business. Houghton Mifflin, New York, 1991.
Duckworth, Eleanor. 'The Having of Wonderful Ideas' & Other Essays on Teaching & Learning. Teachers College Press, 1996.
DuPree, Max. Leadership is an Art. Dell Publishing Company, New York, NY, 1989.
DuPree, Max. Leadership Jazz. Doubleday Publishing Company, New York, NY, 1992.
Gabor, Andrea. The Man Who Discovered Quality -- How W. Edwards Deming Brought the Quality Revolution to America. Times Books, New York, 1990.
Gardner, Howard. Frames of Mind -- The Theory of Multiple Intellegences. Basic Books, New York, 1985.
Gardner, Howard. The Unschooled Mind -- How Children Think and How Schools Should Teach. Basic Books, New York, 1991.
Gatto, John Taylor. Dumbing Us Down -- The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling. New Society Publishing Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1992.
Gibb, Jack. Trust -- A New Vision of Human Relationships for Business, Education, Family, and Personal Living. Newcastle Publishing Company, Inc., North Hollywood, CA, 1991.
Gilligan, Carol. In a Different Voice -- Psychological Theory and Women's Development. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 1982.
Gilligan, Carol & Brown, Lyn Mikel. Meeting at the Crossroads : Women's Psychology and Girl's Development. Ballantine, New York, 1994.
Glasser, William, M.D. Schools Without Failure. HarperCollins, New York, 1975.
Glasser, William M.D. Control Theory -- A New Explanation of How We Control Our Lives. Harper and Row, New York, 1984.
Glasser, William M.D. Control Theory in the Classroom. Harper and Row, New York, 1986.
Glasser, William M.D. The Quality School -- Managing Students Without Coercion. Harper and Row, New York, 1991.
Glasser, William M.D. The Quality School Teacher. New View Publications, Chapel Hill, NC, 1992.
Glasser, William, M.D. The Control Theory Manager : Combining the Control Theory of William Glasser With the Wisdom of W. Edwards Deming. Harperbusiness, New York, 1995. Harperbusiness, New York, 1995.
Glasser,William, M.D. Choice Theory: A New Psychology of Personal Freedom. HarperCollins, New York, 1998.
Southern California psychiatrist William Glasser, the author of Reality Therapy, believes that almost all human misery is caused by people trying to control others. In fact, he says, the only behavior we can control is our own; by the same token, no one can make us do anything we don't want to. It's only when we give up spending our energy trying to force others to conform to our ideas or to keep them from doing the same to us that we are able to live the way we want to. Glasser makes this somewhat difficult material easier to understand with examples and case studies from his own practice. For instance, he tells a man whose wife has left him that his only choices are to change what he wants her to do or to change the way he is dealing with her. While doing these things will not necessarily bring his wife back, Glasser says, it will certainly make him feel better. "When we actually begin to realize that we can control only our own behavior, we immediately start to redefine our personal freedom and find, in many instances, that we have much more freedom than we realize," Glasser writes.
Goleman, Daniel P. Emotional Intelligence -- Why It Can Matter More than I.Q. Bantam Books, New York, 1997.
There was a time when IQ was considered the leading determinant of success. In this fascinating book, based on brain and behavioral research, Daniel Goleman argues that our IQ-idolizing view of intelligence is far too narrow. Instead, Goleman makes the case for "emotional intelligence" being the strongest indicator of human success. He defines emotional intelligence in terms of self-awareness, altruism, personal motivation, empathy, and the ability to love and be loved by friends, partners, and family members. People who possess high emotional intelligence are the people who truly succeed in work as well as play, building flourishing careers and lasting, meaningful relationships. Because emotional intelligence isn't fixed at birth, Goleman outlines how adults as well as parents of young children can sow the seeds.
Gossen, Diane Chelsom. Restitution -- Restructuring School Discipline. New View Publications, Chapel Hill, NC, 1997.
Grudin, Robert. Time and the Art of Living. Ticknor and Fields, New York, 1982.
Gurian, Michael. The Wonder of Boys -- What Parents, Mentors, and Educators can Do to Shape Boys into Exceptional Men. Jeremy Tarcher, New York, 1996.
Also available in audio cassette format.
Hannaford, Carla. Smart Moves -- Why Learning is Not All in Your Head. Great Ocean Publishers, Arlington, VA, 1995.
Hewlitt, Sylvia Ann & West, Cornel. The War Against Parents: What We Can Do for America's Beleaguered Moms and Dads. Houghton-Mifflin, New York, 1998.
Joan Ryan's column in the Sunday Chronicle Examiner (4/19/98) is about this book.
The average worker is now at work 163 hours a year more than in 1980 -- shortchanging their children Sometimes I've wondered why we don't seem to be as adept at parenting as our parents were. Why do we feel more squeezed for time, less sure of ourselves? And why do we seem to be raising a nation of lost, out-of-control kids?
Kearns, David T. and Doyle, Denis P. Winning the Brain Race -- A Bold Plan to Make Our Schools Competivive. ICS Press, San Francisco, 1991.
Kirkpatrick, William. Why Johnny Can't Tell Right from Wrong -- Moral Illiteracy and the Case for Character Education. Simon and Schuster, New York, NY, 1992.
Knapp, Clifford & Goodman, Joel. Humanizing Environmental Education: A Guide for Leading Nature and Human Nature Activities. American Camping Association, Martinsville, Indiana, 1981.
Knapp, Clifford. People Skills Primer: Blending Nature and Human Nature Activities. Cliff Knapp, Oregon, IL., 1985.
Knapp, Clifford. Lasting Lessons -- A Teacher's Guide to Reflecting on Experience. ERIC, Charleston, WV, 1992.
Kohn, Alfie. No Contest -- The Case Against Competition: Why we Lose in Our Race to Win. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1986.
Kohn, Alfie. The Brighter Side of Human Nature -- Altruism and Empathy in Everyday Life. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1990.
Kohn, Alfie. Punished by Rewards -- The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1993.
Kohn, Alfie. Beyond Discipline -- From Compliance to Community. ASCD Publications, Alexandria, VA, 1996.
Lappe, Frances Moore. Rediscovering America's Values. Ballantine Books, New York, 1989.
Leonard, George. Mastery -- The Keys to Long-term Success and Fulfillment. E.P. Dutton, New York, 1991.
Leonard, George & Murphy, Michael. The Life We Are Given -- A Long-term Program for Realizing the Potential of Body, Mind, and Soul. Jeremy Tarcher, New York, 1995.
Lickona, Thomas. Educating for Character -- How Our Schools Can Teach Respect amd Responsibility. Bantam Books, New York, 1991.
Males, Mike A. The Scapegoat Generation -- America's War on Adolescents. Courage Press, Monroe, ME, 1996.
McCarthy, Bernice. The 4-Mat System -- Teaching to Learning Styles with Right/Left Mode Techniques. EXCEL, Inc., Barrington, IL, 1987.
McCoy, Elin. What to Do... When Kids Are Mean to Your Child. Reader's Digest Press, New York, 1997.
Nowicki, Stephen & Duke, Marshall. Helping the Child Who Doesn't Fit In. Peachtree Publishers, Atlanta, GA, 1992.
Nowicki, Stephen & Duke, Marshall. Teaching Your Child the Language of Social Success. Peachtree Publishers, Atlanta, GA, 1996.
Orenstein, Peggy. School Girls -- Young Women, Self-Esteem, and the Confidence Gap. Doubleday, New York, 1994.
Peck, M. Scott. The Different Drum -- Community Making and Peace. Simon and Schuester, New York, 1987.
Pennac, Daniel. Better Than Life -- The Secrets of Reading. Coach House Press, Toronto, 1994.
The Reader's Bill of Rights:
1. The right not to read.
2. The right to skip pages.
3. The right not to finish.
4. The right to reread.
5. The right to read anything.
6. The right to escapism.
7. The right to read anywhere.
8. The right to browse.
9. The right to read out loud.
10. The right not to defend your tastes.
Peterson, Ralph. Life in a Crowded Place: Making a Learning Community. Heinemann Publishers, Portsmouth, NH, 1992.
Pipher, Mary. Reviving Ophelia -- Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls. Random House, New York, 1994.
Pipher, Mary. The Shelter of Each Other -- Rebuilding Our Families. Ballantine Books, New York, 1996.
Ponton, Lynn E., M.D. The Romance of Risk -- Why Teenagers Do the Things They Do. HarperCollins, New York, 1997.
Power, F. Clark, Higgins, Ann, and Kolberg, Lawrence. Lawrence Kolberg's Approach to Moral Education. Columbia University Press, New York, 1989.
Rich, Dorothy. MegaSkills -- Building Children's Achievement for the Information Age. Houghton Mifflin Company, New York, NY, 1998.
Riera, Michael. Uncommon Sense for Parents with Teenagers. Celestial Arts, Berkeley, CA, 1995.
Riera, Michael. Surviving High School. Celestial Arts, Berkeley, CA, 1997.
Rubin, Lillian B. The Transcendent Child -- Tales of Triumph Over the Past. HarperCollins, New York, 1997.
Samples, Robert. The Metaphoric Mind -- A Celebration of Creative Consciousness. Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1976.
Samples, Robert. Mind of our Mother -- Toward Holonomy and Planetary Consciousness. Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1981.
Samples, Robert. Openmind, Wholemind -- Parenting and Teaching Tomorrow's Children Today. Jalmar Press, Rolling Hills Estates, CA, 1987.
Segal, Jeanne. Raising Your Emotional Intelligence -- A Practical Guide. Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1997.
Senge, Peter et al. The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook -- Strategies and Tools for Building a Learning Organization. Doubelday, New York, 1994.
Shor, Ira & Freire, Paulo. A Pedagogy for Liberation: Dialogues on Transforming Education. Bergin & Garvey, New York, 1987.
Smith, Frank. Insult to Intelligence: The Bureaucratic Invasion of our Classrooms. Heinemann Publishers, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1986
Smith, Frank. To Think. Teachers' College Press, New York, 1990.
Walton, Mary. The Deming Management Method. Putnam Publishing Company, New York, 1986.
Whitmyer, Claude (Ed.). In the Company of Others -- Making Community in the Modern World. Jeremy P. Tarcher/Perigree Books, New York, NY, 1993.
Wigginton, Eliot. Sometimes A Shining Moment -- The Foxfire Experience. Doubleday and Company, New York, 1985.
Wigginton, Eliot and His Students. Foxfire: 25 Years. Doubleday and Company, New York, 1991.
Wood, George H. Schools That Work: America's Most Innovative Public Education Programs. Dutton, New York, 1992.
Wycoff, Joyce. Mindmapping -- Your Personal Guide to Exploring Creativity and Problem-Solving. Berkeley Books, New York, 1991.
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