More Urban Myths About Learning and Education by Pedro de Bruyckere, Paul Kirschner and Casper Hulshof

There are now a lot of educational myths books available and therefore much of what you read has been read before. In some ways it makes one an unfair judge as nothing in this book was new or came as a surprise and therefore it lacked a little impact. I therefore started to try and

The ResearchEd Guide to Education Myths edited by Craig Barton

I always enjoy a book on educational myths, and this is a bite size belter. 99 pages- so about two hours of myth busting fun. Barton asks some of educations biggest hitters to review some of the most obvious areas of misconception. These analyses were generally pretty balanced and nicely researched informed. They were all

Seven Myths About Education by Daisy Christodoulou

This was Daisy Christodoulou’s first book and was one of the first myth buster books in education. There is now a surfeit of books in this area but in its time Christodoulou’s book was ground-breaking. The great thing about myth busting books is that they beg the question – what else don’t I know. Reading

What if Everything You Knew About Education was Wrong by David Didau

This is a superb book and would be one of my top recommendations for a teacher first engaging in educational research and wanting to learn more. It is thorough, well written and thought provoking. It was exciting to read as it constantly made points and outlined things that directly applied to the classroom and crucially