Thank you to all who responded with suggestions for our faculty summer
reading. I have passed the suggestions along for consideration and have
chosen to purchase copies of most of the books we did not already have
in our library collection.
Original post:
Our school has developed the tradition of creating a short summer
reading list for faculty. We are looking for suggestions for this
summer's list. What have you read that explored new vistas, motivated
you, provoked a paradigm shift, or otherwise inspired you? Previous
selections are listed below:
A Whole New Mind: Daniel Pink
Positive Words, Powerful Results: Hal Urban
The Tipping Point and Blink: Malcolm Gladwell,.
Growing Up Digital: Don Tapscott.
The World is Flat and The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Thomas Freidman
Futurewise: Patrick Dixon
The Blessings of a Skinned Knee: Wendy Mogel, Ph.D
Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative: Ken Robinson
The Fabric of the Cosmos: Brian Greene
Why Gender Matters: Leonard Sax, MD
The Female Brain: LouAnn Brizendine, MD
Suggestions received:
Suggestions for Faculty Summer Reading 2008
*Titles marked with an asterisk (*) are available in the SES Benedict
Library.
Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to
Educate the World's Children by John Wood (2 recommendations)
*Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School
at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin (3 recommendations)
*The Power of Reading by Stephen D. Krashen
*Free the Children: A Young Man Fights Against Child Labor and Proves
that Children Can Change the World by Craig Keilburger
Same kind of different as me: Ron Hall and Denver Moore
The Omnivore's Dilemma: Michael Pollan
StrengthsFinder 2.0: Discover Your Strengths: Tom Rath
<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url?%5Fencoding=UTF8&se
arch-type=ss&index=books&field-author=Tom%20Rath>
*The Essential 55: An Award-winning Educator's Rules for Discovering the
Successful Student in Every Child: Ron Clark
Bury the Chains by Adam Hochschild
Fish! Sticks: A Remarkable Way to Adapt to Changing Times and Keep Your
Work Fresh: Lundin, Christensen, and Paul
Thank you for all the excellent suggestions.
Sharon Knowles
Librarian
Saint Edward's School
Vero Beach, FL
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