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Books I think are really useful:

Theory:  Everything by Frank Smith (Heineman Press). He writes about learning 
theory, especifically language learning. he is brilliant and very readable 
(has a good sense of humor). He also has a book about the mindlessness of 
school beaurocracy (Insult to Intelligence).
        The Power of Their Ideas, by Deborah Meier - What it takes to make a 
school that really works (she has done so - in the public school system in 
East Harlem).
        The Having of Wonderful Ideas, by Eleanor Duckworth
This book is specifically about science teaching. It is essays on the delight 
of learning through discovering.
       

More Practical:
        On Writing: Nancy Atwell's In the Middle, Lucy Calking The Art of 
Teaching Writing and Donald Graves Teachers and Children at Work, are all 
excellent books on writer's workshop, one of the best techniques for turning 
studetns on to writing there is.
        On classroom management is an excellent book called "Teaching Children 
to Care: Management in the Responsive Classroom" by I thiink Ruth Charney. It 
is based on a philosophy similar to that of "positive Discipline" but this 
book is oriented to practical ideas of how to make it work in a classroom, 
specifically a classroom that is active, i.e. centers, cooperative groups, 
individual work, and not so much teacher as lecturer, studntss sitting in nice 
neat rows listening and fillling in worksheets.
        In Math, Marilyn Burns work. She really shows ideas ofr teaching math 
beyond computation. How to make math real, interesting and intestigation 
oriented.

Hope these are helpful to some of you out there!

Nick ;->