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Books Recommended by Educational Leaders

April 24, 2018 by TrakSearch

Books Recommended by Educational Leaders

In the Leadership Insights series of interviews (posted on the Trak Search website), I’ve had the pleasure of posing a range of questions to some of our foremost educational leaders. One common trait displayed by them won’t be a surprise to anyone – they are all passionate about their own learning. Each was an avid reader and spoke of their love of reading.

As a keen reader myself, I’ve benefited from developing my own reading list based upon their advice and I’ve learned that others are doing likewise. Anyone can access the full comments of each of the leaders on our website, however I’ve created a list of their recommendations below to make it easy for you.

Leadership

The following books were mentioned on a number of occasions:

Good to Great, by Jim Collins

Crucial Conversations Kerry Patterson

Presence: Human Purpose and the Field of the Future. Various incl Peter Senge

Wait, What? by James Ryan

The One Thing by Gary Keller

Education

Visible Learning by John Hattie

Various Viviane Robinson books including Student-Centred Leadership

Lyn Sharratt’s books such as Putting Faces on the Data with Michael Fullan

How to Change 5000 Schools by Ben Levin

Various Michael Fullan books, including Six Secrets of Change

Hedley Beare’s books

Patrick Duignan’s books, including Educational Leadership

Various books by Sir Ken Robinson

Religious

Gospel of John by Francis Moloney

Jesus of Nazareth Vol.2 Benedict XVI’s

General Reading

A number of the people I interviewed reinforced the joy of reading a diverse range of books and the following are some recommendations:

When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

All That I Am by Anna Funder

The Hare With Amber Eyes by Edmund de Waal

The Paris Wife by Paula McLain

A Memoir by Michael Kirby

The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco

The Memory Chalet by Tony Judt

Homage to Barcelona, Colm Toibin

After Words by Paul Keating

The Dreaming and Other Essays, by Stanner

The Absolutist by John Boyne

Letters to My Daughter by Robert Menzies

Notorious Australian Women by Kay Saunders

Enjoy!

 

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