The Teaching & Learning Centre's Hot Summer Reading List

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by Linda Facchini, Professor in the Teaching & Learning Centre

Summer is officially here! A chance for us to enjoy time away with family and friends… and relax with a good book.

Did you know? The Teaching & Learning Centre has a lending library with a variety of books on curriculum integration themes, teaching, learning, assessments, and more. Drop by K2037 to peruse our collection and sign out a book for the summer. One of our team members will be happy to help check-out/check-in your selection.

Looking for ideas? From AI to CI, here are a few of our reading recommendations guaranteed to inspire and inform:

1. AI with Intention: Principles and Action Steps for Teachers and School Leaders. By Tony Frontier
2. *Co-intelligence: Living and Working with AI. By Ethan Mollick
3. *Empower: What Happens When Students Own Their Learning. By John Spencer and A.J. Juliani
4. *Grading for Growth: A Guide to Alternative Grading Practices that Promote Authentic Learning and Student Engagement in Higher Education. By David Clark and Robert Talbert
5. Math-ish: Finding Creativity, Diversity, and Meaning in Mathematics. By Jo Boaler
6. Niizh. By Joelle Peters
7. Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World. By Katharine Hayhoe
8. *The Alignment Problem. By Brian Christian
9. The Opposite of Cheating: Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI. By Tricia Bertram Gallant and David A. Rettinger
10. *Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation. By Andrew Stobo Sniderman and Douglas Sanderson

*Available from the Teaching & Learning Centre lending library

And for those long road trips… check out these podcasts:

Beyond the Classroom with Seneca's Teaching & Learning Centre

Teaching in Higher Ed with Bonni Stachowiak

Our Spark Plug articles will return on August 22, 2025. Have a safe and spectacular summer!

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