Longitudinal Educator, 3RC, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
Teaching Resources [Credit - Dr. Robert Arnold]
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek
How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens by Benedict Carey
Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning by James Lang
Distracted: Why students can’t focus and what you can do about it. James Lang
Outsmart Your Brain: Why Learning is Hard and How You Can Make It Easy by Daniel T. Willingham
Why Don't Students Like School? A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the
Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom by Daniel T. Willingham
The Power of Mindful Learning by Ellen Langer
What the Best College Teachers Do by Ken Bain
Tools for Teaching by Barbara Gross Davis
Engaging Ideas: The Professor’s Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active
Learning in the Classroom by John C. Bean
Teaching for Successful Intelligence by Robert Sternberg and Elena Grigorenko
McKeachie’s Teaching Tips by Wilbert McKeachie and Marilla Svinicki
Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing College
Courses by Dee Fink
Powerful teaching by Pooja K Agarwal and Patricia Bain
Teaching Walk Thrus: Five-step guides for instructional coaching by Tom Sherrington, Oliver
Caviglioli - volume 1 and 2 and 3
How we learn: A Visual Guide. Weinstein Y, Sumeracki M, Caviglioli, O.
Motivated Teaching: Harnessing the science of motivation to boost attention and effort in the
classroom Pep Mcrae
How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching 2nd Edition by
Susan A. Ambrose, Michael W. Bridges, Michele DiPietro, Marsha C. Lovett, Marie K. Norman
Books About Assessment
Understanding By Design by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe
Educative Assessment: Designing Assessment to Inform and Improve Student Performance by
Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe
Introduction to Rubrics by Danelle Stevens et al
Books That Are Relevant to Teaching
Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do by Claude Steele
Thanks for the Feedback by Douglas Stone and Shiela Heen
Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most by Douglas Stone and Bruce Patton
Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool
Imagine: How Creativity Works by Jonah Lehrer
Blogs
Teach Like a Champion Blog: http://teachlikeachampion.com/blog/
Teacherhead: https://teacherhead.com/
Faculty Focus: https://www.facultyfocus.com/
ProfHacker: http://www.chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/
Hack Education: http://hackeducation.com/
Wired Campus: http://www.chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/
Powerful Teaching: https://www.powerfulteaching.org
Grit and character lab: https://characterlab.org/tips-of-the-week/
Peer reviewed Education blog https://peerreviewededucationblog.com/
Ollie Lovell Learning to teach blog https://www.ollielovell.com/blog/
Learning Scientists https://www.learningscientists.org
Podcasts
Teaching in Higher Ed: A podcast about the art and science of teaching in higher ed,
https://teachinginhighered.com/episodes/
Hybrid Pedagogy: This podcast is hosted by Chris Friend and features interviews with creative
pedagogues working in or out of academia, sharing insights and perspectives on how we can
enhance learning and teaching in our lives.
https://hybridpedagogy.org/tag/podcast/
Hidden Brain: The Hidden Brain helps curious people understand the world – and themselves.
Using science and storytelling, Hidden Brain's host Shankar Vedantam reveals the unconscious
patterns that drive human behavior, the biases that shape our choices, and the triggers that
direct the course of our relationships.
http://www.npr.org/podcasts/510308/hidden-brain
Invisibilia: Invisibilia (Latin for invisible things) is about the invisible forces that control human
behavior – ideas, beliefs, assumptions and emotions. Co-hosted by Lulu Miller, Hanna Rosin
and Alix Spiegel, Invisibilia interweaves narrative storytelling with scientific research that will
ultimately make you see your own life differently.
http://www.npr.org/podcasts/510307/invisibilia
The TED Radio Hour: The TED Radio Hour is a journey through fascinating ideas: astonishing
inventions, fresh approaches to old problems, new ways to think and create. Based on Talks
given by riveting speakers on the world-renowned TED stage, each show is centered on a
common theme – such as the source of happiness, crowd-sourcing innovation, power shifts, or
inexplicable connections.
http://www.npr.org/podcasts/510298/ted-radio-hour
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Retrieval Practice @RetrieveLearn
Marc Smith @marcxsmith
Sarah Cottingham @overpractised
Jamie Clark @XpatEducator
Tom Needham @Tom_Needham_
Paul A. Kirschner @P_A_Kirschner
Peps @PepsMccrea
Kate Jones @KateJones_teach
Walkthrus @WALKTHRUs_5
Dylan Wiliam @dylanwiliam
Learning Scientists@AceThatTest
Adam Boxer @adamboxer1
Tom Bennett OBE @tombennett71
Tom Sherrington @teacherhead
Doug Lemov @Doug_Lemov
Daniel Willingham @DTWillingham
oliver caviglioli @olicav
Efrat Furst @EfratFurst
Michelle Pacansky-Brock @brocansky
Med Ed Pittsburgh @MedEdPGH
Jessie Stommel @Jessifer