The Educator Magazine U.K. May-August issue - Magazine - Page 40
Top Books for Teachers in 2025
Happy 2025!
It's a new year, and that's always a great time to reflect on what you're looking to achieve during the year ahead.
When thinking about finding resources to develop your teaching, there are so many books to read and it can be
daunting to know where to start. To help with this, we've compiled a list of the best books for teachers from
Teachers College Press going into 2025. Written by experts in their fields,
1. Preparing Early Career Teachers to Thrive
Starting your career in teaching can be an overwhelming experience, and the author of this book looks at the best
ways to overcome this overwhelm for newly qualified teachers to adapt and excel in their new environment. Based on
10 years of research and practical application, this guide will support teacher professional identity formation,
resilience, and agency.
“With a humanistic lens and research backing, this book equips beginning teachers and those who support them with the
tools necessary to foster resilience, cultivate professional identity, and navigate the challenges of the classroom with grace
and purpose.”
Tina H. Boogren, bestselling author and education consultant
2. Writing, Thinking, and the Brain
"…Writing, Thinking, and the Brain is a valuable resource for teachers in all content areas. I wore out my highlighter reading
it.” - Kelly Gallagher, former co-director, South Basin Writing Project, California State University, Long Beach
This book will help teachers understand how the brain learns to write by unveiling 15 stages of thinking that
underpin the writing process, along with targeted ways to stimulate them to maximise each individual’s writing
potential. This one-of-a-kind resource is constructed on the premise that everyone has the potential to be a great
writer.
3. Empowering Youth to Confront the Climate Crisis in English Language Arts
“Empowering Youth to Confront the Climate Crisis in English Language Arts is an essential resource for educators seeking to
equip students with the knowledge and tools necessary to tackle the urgent issue of climate change."
Antonio López, professor of communication and media studies, John Cabot University
Showcasing a range of writing styles and types of creative and analytical writing examples, this book looks at
how English teachers can help their students engage with the climate crisis in their writing. This resource provides
everything teachers need to help young people understand and address the climate emergency through supportive
and empowering transformational learning.
4. Eyes on Math
This extensively updated teaching resource provides over 100 engaging, full-colour visuals with explanations of
how they can be used to stimulate mathematics learning, to explain mathematical concepts, and to assess students’
mathematical understanding in grades K–8. Summarised perfectly by Tracy Johnstone Zager, math coach and
author:
“This inspiring new edition of Eyes on Math is chock-full of stimulating visuals that will spark students' and teachers'
curiosity. Perhaps most important, Marian Small helps readers plan how and when to introduce each visual by sharing
open-ended prompts, carefully constructed assessment questions and possible student responses, and connections to the
essential ideas in mathematics."
Titles to Look Out For in 2025:
There’s even more great books to come! Here's a sneak peak of a couple of titles releasing later this year that you’ll want to look out for:
1. To Teach
A bit different from the rest
of these recommendations,
this book is both memoir
and mentor. This is both
the story of a new teacher’s
voyage into the classroom
and a guide to the values
and commitments that
can animate a steady and
meaningful life in teaching.
"Now more than ever, Bill
Ayers's To Teach is the light
we need in deeply divided
times." David Stovall, professor
of criminology, law, and
justice, University of
Illinois Chicago
Pre-order now.
2.Be the Architect of Your
Inclusive Classroom
“This book not only helps teachers
envision spaces where all students can
thrive, but also underscores why such
environments are essential
for every learner.” - María Cioè-Peña,
assistant professor, University of
Pennsylvania Graduate School of
Education
This practical book offers an invitation to
create dynamic learning opportunities
in classrooms designed to challenge and
support all learners. Based on
teachers’ analysis of their own contexts,
the authors describe and show how
today’s educators can curate strategies,
curriculum, and methods to design a
sustainable classroom architecture that
maximises student engagement,
learning, and belonging.
Pre-order now.
3.CommunityCentered School
Leadership
"Gwen’s book serves as a
virtual mentor to those aspiring
to lead the kind of school that
children everywhere need." From the Foreword by Sonia
Nieto, professor emerita
of language, literacy, and
culture at the University of
Massachusetts, Amherst
In this book, the author
chronicles her formative
years, education, and 24 years
of experience as a principal,
reflecting on the critical
role of school leadership in
the age of accountability
and a political environment
that influences the work of
educators.
Pre-order now.
All titles available from Amazon and your local book retailer.
