Led by Antonio Buehler, founder of Abrome, Westbank Library’s Smart Schooling Book Group comes together once a month to discuss books that touch upon topics in education, with an emphasis on the psychology that should inform how we approach education. The group focuses on K-12 education and reads primarily non-fiction, and participants engage in lively discussions on the topic.
2018 Reading List:
- Jan 25 – Mindset by Carol Dweck
- Feb 22 – Creative Schools by Ken Robinson
- Mar 29 – Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire
- Apr 26 – Free to Learn by Peter Gray
- May 31 – The Gift of Failure by Jessica Lahey
- Jun 29 – Excellent Sheep by William Deresiewicz
- Jul 26 – Weapons of Mass Instruction by John Taylor Gatto
- Aug 30– How to Raise an Adult by Julie Lythcott-Haims
- Sep 27 – Most Likely to Succeed by Tony Wagner
- Oct 25 – Teaching to Transgress by Bell Hooks
- Nov 29 – Schools Our Children Deserve by Alfie Kohn
- Dec 20 – The Book of Learning and Forgetting by Frank Smith
Led by Antonio Buehler, founder of Abrome, Westbank Library’s Smart Schooling Book Group comes together on the last Thursday of the month to discuss books that touch upon topics in education, with an emphasis on the psychology that should inform how we approach education. The group focuses on K-12 education and reads primarily non-fiction, and participants engage in lively discussions on the topic.