Reviews
Comments by Deborah Edel, Head, Division of Psychological Support Services, Director of Admissions, Mary McDowell Center for Learning:
“Practical, direct, thorough and eminently readable, Teach Anyone to Read: The No-Nonsense Guide is truly a no-nonsense guide to teaching reading, and much, much more. This book looks as carefully at the situation in which one teaches and learns, as it does at the techniques for teaching. It builds the necessary understanding of the social context in a clear and precise manner, just as it presents the actual steps to teaching reading. For the teacher, specialist, allied professional, parent, volunteer and all who are committed to taking on the challenge of improving literacy in our country this is an important work.”
Comments by Marie C. White, Asst. Prof., Deputy Chair, Childhood and Early Childhood Education, Nyack College School of Education:
“It is not often that an educator comes across a work that ignores the language of the reading wars and provides a practical, easy to use and comprehensive guide to teaching reading. Students who have taken my literacy courses and are now teaching have commented on the enormous value of having been introduced to literacy instruction through Dr. Pope’s principles, from assessment through remediation. In fact, the book provides detailed follow-up practices that can be used to address the problems uncovered through evaluation. This aspect of the book is critical to literacy training because student teachers are often taught to diagnose reading problems, but not given methods to remediate the areas of weakness. I recommend this resource to instructors who want to provide their students with a clear understanding of reading problems and practical methods with which to address them.”
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