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booklist for Cohort 1 - for module reflection in the work setting 2

The Intuitive Practitioner – on the value of not always knowing what you are doing Atkinson and Claxton 2000

An Introduction to Vygotsky Harry Daniels 1996

Models of Learning – tools for teaching Joyce, Calhoun and Hopkins 1997

The Reflective Practitioner Schon 1983

Doing a Literature Review Chris Hart 1998

Reflective Teaching – Effective and Evidence-informed Professional Practice Andrew Pollard 2002

1. The Learning Revolution Gordon Dryden, Jeanette Vos. ISBN: 185539085X - really good on learning styles and accelerated learning. price £14.95
2. Reflection in Learning and Professional Development: Theory and Practice. Jennifer Moon. ISBN: 074943452X - useful text - putting theory into practice. price £19.99
3. Learning Journals: A Handbook for Academics, Students and Professional Development. Jennifer Moon. ISBN: 0749430451 - certainly helped me to get underway with mine. price £15.99
4. The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the electronic frontier. - Howard Rheingold - ISBN: 0262681218 - AVAILABLE ONLINE AT - http://www.rheingold.com/vc/book/intro.html - but I liked it so much that I bought the book! price £16.95
5. How to Mind Map: The Ultimate Thinking Tool Tony Buzan. ISBN: 0007146841 - basics of mind - mapping. useful for making notes etc. price £5.59
6. Doing Your Research Project: A Guide A Guide for First-time Researchers in Education and Social Science Judith Bell. ISBN: 0335203884 - really good on the basics of research. price £15.99
7. You and Your Action Research Project McNiff, Lomax and Whitehead. ISBN: 0415318858 - next step up from Bell. [above] price £17.99
8. Research Methods in Education. Cohen, Manion and Morrison. - heavy compared to the above but covers all you need to know in depth.price £21.50

Behaviour Management

Two books I can recommend are: 'You know the fair rule' and 'classroom behaviour' by Bill Rogers.

other books from "Towards a booklist" on the ultraversity site

2. The Compleat Observer?: Field Research Guide to Observation (Qualitative Studies) Jack Sanger. ISBN 0750705515 price £22.99
4. Qualitative Researching. Jennifer Mason. ISBN 0-8039-8986-5 price £16.99
6. The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals think in Action. Donald A. Schon. ISBN 1857423194 price £22.00
10. Communities of Practice: Learning, Meaning and Identity (Learning in Doing: Social, Cognitive & Computational Perspectives S.). Etienne Wenger. ISBN 0521663632 price £14.45
11. A Teacher's Guide to Classroom Research. David Hopkins. ISBN 033521004X price £18.99
12. An Introduction to Classroom Observation. Ted Wragg. ISBN 0415194407 price £17.99
13. Action Research: A Handbook for.Practitioners. Ernest T. Stringer. price £24.00

Introduction to Educational Studies by Steve Bartlett, Diana Burton, Nick Peim

price £60

Managing Behaviour in the Primary School - Jim Docking - ISBN 1-85346-911-4

Visual Quickstart Guides.

This series of books are very good for getting started with unfamilar software because they have lots of screenshot diagrams and explain simply and clearly the concepts which you need to grapple with. Make sure you get the right version for your software - version 5 / MX or the new X All are for PC or Mac

Here are some books recommended for year 2:

price £15.99

Doing Your Research Project: A Guide for First-time Researchers in Education and Social Science
Judith Bell
"I already have this and its a great basic companion to everything we do. Lots on research methology. Small, easy to read, cheap
recommend buying".

Research methods in education. Louis Cohen, Lawrence Manion, Keith Morrison
This is apparently an expensive bible tome, so get from library.

price £21.50

Real World Research A Resource for Social Scientists and Practitioner-researchers

Colin Robson

Several secondhand copies available, around £12