During National Learning and Development Month in October, we celebrate the growth of students and the educators who help with their success. Here is a collection of titles with books that inform on different techniques for learning that can help students to grow to their fullest potential.
Books for National Learning and Development Month
By Coll Rowe | September 30 2024 | Education
The Joy and Transformative Power of Lifelong Learning
9780525432975
Why do so many of us stop learning new skills as adults? Are we afraid to be bad at something? Have we forgotten the sheer pleasure of beginning from the ground up? Inspired by his young daughter’s insatiable curiosity, Tom Vanderbilt embarks on a yearlong quest of learning—purely for the sake of learning. Rapturously singing Spice Girls songs in an amateur choir, losing games of chess to eight-year-olds, and dodging scorpions at a surf camp in Costa Rica, Vanderbilt tackles five main skills but learns so much more. Along the way, he interviews dozens of experts about the fascinating psychology and science behind the benefits of becoming an adult beginner and shows how anyone can get better at beginning again—and, more important, why they should take those first awkward steps. Funny, uplifting, and delightfully informative, Beginners is about how small acts of reinvention, at any age, can make life seem magical.
$16.95 US
Dec 21, 2021
Paperback
320 Pages
Vintage
Practical Insights in Brain Science to Help Students Learn
9780593329733
A groundbreaking guide to improve teaching based on the latest research in neuroscience, from the bestselling author of A Mind for Numbers.
$21.00 US
Jun 15, 2021
Paperback
336 Pages
TarcherPerigee
- Education > Curriculum and Instruction > Specialized Courses
- Education > Early Childhood Education > Cognitive Development
- Education > Early Childhood Education > Introduction to Early Childhood Education
- Education > Early Childhood Education > Issues / Models in Early Childhood Education
- Education > Early Childhood Education > Multicultural Education in Early Childhood
- Education > Early Childhood Education > Science in Early Childhood Education
- Education > Early Childhood Education > Student Teaching in Early Childhood Education
- Education > Educational Psychology > Development
- Education > Educational Psychology > Introduction to Educational Psychology
- Education > Educational Psychology > Learning and Cognition
- Education > Special Topics
- Philosophy > Core Topics > Philosophy of Education
- Psychology > Cognitive Psychology > Learning & Memory
- Psychology > Physiological Psychology > Introduction to Neuroscience
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An Unconventional Education
9780525561897
One of the world's top experts on education delivers an uplifting memoir on his own personal failures and successes as he sought to become a good learner and teacher.
$17.00 US
Apr 06, 2021
Paperback
352 Pages
Penguin Books
- Education > Curriculum and Instruction > General Methods – General K-12
- Education > Curriculum and Instruction > General Methods – Secondary
- Education > Educational Administration > Leadership
- Education > Foundations > Philosophy of Education
- Education > Foundations > Sociology of Education
- Education > Special Topics
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Why Brains Learn Better Than Any Machine . . . for Now
9780525559900
An illuminating dive into the latest science on our brain’s remarkable learning abilities and the potential of the machines we program to imitate them.
$18.00 US
Feb 02, 2021
Paperback
352 Pages
Penguin Books
- Education > Curriculum and Instruction > Adult Education
- Education > Early Childhood Education > Cognitive Development
- Education > Educational Psychology > Learning and Cognition
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Family Studies and Human Development > Cognitive Development
- Psychology > Cognitive Psychology > Introduction to Cognitive Psychology
- Psychology > Cognitive Psychology > Learning & Memory
- Psychology > Developmental Psychology > Cognitive Development
- Psychology > Physiological Psychology > Introduction to Neuroscience
- Psychology > Social and Applied Psychology > Behavior Modification
- Computer Science > Artificial Intelligence > Artificial Intelligence
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How to Succeed in School Without Spending All Your Time Studying; A Guide for Kids and Teens
9780143132547
A surprisingly simple way for students to master any subject—based on one of the world’s most popular online courses and the bestselling book A Mind for Numbers.
$19.00 US
Aug 07, 2018
Paperback
256 Pages
TarcherPerigee
- Education > Early Childhood Education > Cognitive Development
- Education > Early Childhood Education > Introduction to Early Childhood Education
- Education > Educational Psychology > Learning and Cognition
- Psychology > Abnormal and Clinical Psychology > Learning and Conditioning
- Psychology > Developmental Psychology > Cognitive Development
- Student Success and Career Development > Student Success > Critical Thinking
- Student Success and Career Development > Student Success > Study Skills
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How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
9780593655030
From New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health—and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood.
$30.00 US
Mar 26, 2024
Hardcover
400 Pages
Penguin Press
- Education > Educational Psychology > Introduction to Educational Psychology
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Family Studies and Human Development > Adolescent Development
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Family Studies and Human Development > Child Development
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Family Studies and Human Development > Introduction to Family Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Social Science > American Studies
- Psychology > Developmental Psychology > Adolescent Development
- Psychology > Social and Applied Psychology > Applied Social Psychology
- Psychology > Social and Applied Psychology > Social Psychology
- Sociology > Social Problems > Social Problems
- Student Success and Career Development > Career Development > Personal and Professional Development
- Student Success and Career Development > Student Success > First-Year Experience
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Mental Health
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Public Health
- Health and Kinesiology > Health > Stress Management
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