books ‘The book that changed my life’


Earlier in the year we invited SET members to tell us about the books that made the biggest impact on their professional practice and teaching careers. We had a flurry of responses and, as promised,


we’re publishing a selection of them here in the spirit of sharing and, perhaps, inspiring you to do some festive reading.


You may also appreciate suggestions from the list below for those last-minute stocking fillers. inTuition has teamed up with a number of publishing houses to secure discounts, wherever possible, for SET members on the books featured here and in the main review section overleaf. Thanks to all contributors, and happy reading!


Teaching Today: A Practical Guide Oxford University Publishing by Geoff Petty While working as a tutor in offender learning in a young offender institution, Teaching Today was a useful ‘pocket book’ throughout my early teaching career. As you can imagine, learning to teach in a young offender institution is an emotional roller-coaster, but I can now say the best teaching experience ever. I referred to the text on numerous occasions to find new practical strategies and ideas to engage the young men in their learning. This book, I am pleased to say, helped me on my learning journey and is still on my bookshelf today.


Steph Taylor has taught in offender learning, private training companies and local secondary school education and is currently a further education tutor in the community.


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Pedagogy of the Oppressed Penguin Publishing By Paulo Freire As a young teacher reading Pedagogy of the Oppressed as a crusade for humanity, it made me see dehumanisation both as an historical reality and as an individual experience in the lives of many of the learners I worked with.


This informed my teaching for many years. As time passed I saw the matter in greyer terms, but remain wedded to the view that barriers to learning are neither purely educational concerns to be addressed by teachers nor problems to be solved by social workers. In almost all cases they existed, and continue to exist, at the cusp of education and social care.


Ian Duckett is a senior curriculum adviser from Norwich.


Creativity: Getting it Right in a Week Critical Publishing By Victoria Kinsella and Martin Fautley This book caught my eye as it sounded perfect for developing Professional Standard 4 for QTLS formation. It is a small, compact book that shares adaptable ideas for each creative strategy, is conveniently organised into a chapter a day and links strategies with relevant educational theory. Being introduced to the theory of ‘flow’ has transformed the way I plan. When implemented, results were higher engagement and enjoyment for my learners, and this has restored my enthusiasm, motivation and inspiration for creative lesson planning.


Holly Moreton is a foundation studies lecturer at Gloucestershire College.


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Mental Handicap and the Human Condition Free Association Books By Valerie Sinason In this book, Valerie Sinason shines a light on her work with people who are coping with a variety of cognitive impairments. She showed me how, when we truly listen to a person, we empower them truly to speak. This has informed my practice as an adult educator. The book was written back in 1992, but it has not lost any of its relevance.


Leonora Samuel is a freelance educator.


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