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Summary: Hope for All!
Review: I throughly enjoyed reading this book. It is a wonderful example of how the dedication of an educator and the love of children can work miracles. Marva is an example to us all and was awe enspiring for me. I am studying to become a teacher myself and hope I will be able to give my students the inspiration and motivation she did. Her methods give us hope for the future of education. It gives us the hope that all children should succeed.
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Summary: every teacher want- to-be should read this book
Review: I truly enjoyed this book. It focused on a woman who chose to do more than just teach her students, a woman who chose to love her students. I learned so much about dealing with children who have been labeled with learning problems and how important it is to see the child for what they are rather than what someone has chose to call them. So many children are called slow when in fact they are just shy. These children are often simply passed on to the next grade because the were quiet and never bothered anyone. On the other hand, some students are labeled as problem students and simply passed up to the next grade to get rid of them. Marva Collins has a gift, a gift to see all children as wonderfull and full of potential. She challenges them to reach beyond their expectations and strive for a better life. Marva teaches more than just ABC's, she teaches values and skills of survival. She is truly an awsome role model!
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Summary: Great!
Review: I was required to read this book for a class. I enjoyed this book greatly! It is easy to read and very interesting. Great information for a teacher. Marva has a saying for every problem you could encounter in a classroom. This book gave me many new ideas for dealing with children. I have even begun using some of her "advice" on my daughter. It feels right!
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Summary: Inspirational story that's a MUST for teachers & parents
Review: Loved the book, MARVA COLLINS' WAY by Marva Collins and
Civia Tamarkin . . . this is the inspirational story of a woman who started her own school in Chicago and made a difference in the lives of her students . . . it is a MUST READ for anybody interested in education--or, in general, having children succeed in life.Her thinking makes so much sense . . . for instance, she tells
teachers to not mark papers with wrong answers; instead, tell
students how many they got right. There were many memorable passages; among them:
[talking to a student] "Very good, James. You're so clever,
but I don't want to see you put your head on the desk. If you are leepy, you should be home. This is a classroom, not a hospital or a hotel. I don't ever want to see any of you napping in your seats or just sitting with your hands folded, doing nothing. This is not a prayer meeting. If I see your hands folded, I'm going to put a Bible in them." When Tracy rummaged through her lunch sack a half hour before noon, arva reminded, "Don't worry so much about feeding your stomach. Feed your brain first and you'll always find a way to get food for your stomach." [to a student who was erasing her wrong answer] "No, darling.
Remember, we draw a circle around the error and put the
correct answer above it. We proofread mistakes, we don't
erase them. When you erase a mistake from the paper,
you erase it from your mind, too, and you will make
the same mistake over again."
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Summary: The Lost Art of Classical Education
Review: Marva Collins is a teacher to dream of becoming. She not only teaches via the lost art of classical education, but she is the rarest of classical educators; compassionate, interesting, motivating and teaching "lost" children from an inner city. Her private school is a commercial success. She even writes pretty well (certainly better than the bureaucratic double-speak that usually passes for teacher training materials). This is a practical book. She wants us to know how to do what she does, and she's clear. Anybody who teaches children, or wants to do so, should buy this book, and read it several times a year. When you finally decide you've had it with the school district's latest insanity, you might even use her experiences to start your own school. Classical education is a lost art. It ruled classrooms for 700 years, and then vanished, as kids taught by Deweyism and other sterile theories grew into teachers. Marva, a classical educator, tells not just what to teach, but who, how, and why. (The when and where are left to us.) The book includes a tested, recommended reading list for children, and the list has books that dreams are made of- the book is worth it just for the reading list. As I'm writing, the computer's offering a used copy for $0.98. What are you waiting for?
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Summary: The Lost Art of Classical Education
Review: Marva Collins is a teacher to dream of becoming. She not only teaches via the lost art of classical education, but she is the rarest of classical educators; compassionate, interesting, motivating and teaching "lost" children from an inner city. Her private school is a commercial success. She even writes pretty well (certainly better than the bureaucratic double-speak that usually passes for teacher training materials). This is a practical book. She wants us to know how to do what she does, and she's clear. Anybody who teaches children, or wants to do so, should buy this book, and read it several times a year. When you finally decide you've had it with the school district's latest insanity, you might even use her experiences to start your own school. Classical education is a lost art. It ruled classrooms for 700 years, and then vanished, as kids taught by Deweyism and other sterile theories grew into teachers. Marva, a classical educator, tells not just what to teach, but who, how, and why. (The when and where are left to us.) The book includes a tested, recommended reading list for children, and the list has books that dreams are made of- the book is worth it just for the reading list. As I'm writing, the computer's offering a used copy for $0.98. What are you waiting for?
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Summary: Marva's way inspires parent to teach own children
Review: Marva's way shows how to teach and prepare Children for the future. Children learn that they are special and can learn. Marva help to erase the negative programing the children have received by parent's, family and other teachers. she also demostrate it is never to late to learn. I am learning now as I seek to read all of Marva's book as well as the books on her reading list, Shakepear, Emerson, I also take a more active role in choosing books for my children.I can also apreciate my children's God given gifts and talents and guide them to develop themselves in their natural gifts.
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Summary: goes against social doctrine
Review: This book is sort of like a Chicken Soup for the Soul. It is filled with inspirational stories of Mrs. Collins' successes. She goes against the belief that troubled inner city black students cannot be disciplined and taught. She goes against the theory that more money will help improve inner city schools. She disagrees that public school teachers really put their students first in their lives. She is an advocate of school vouchers. One of the most respected teachers in America tells us what is wrong with our schools and proven strategies that she has used to help some of the worst kids in Chicago. Should be required reading for all teachers.
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Summary: This book proves that all children can learn.
Review: This book should be standard reading material for all teacher's training programs. Marva Collins proves to all the "culture of poverty" theorists that all children can learn if given an opportunity and if expectations are high. Marva's hands on approach gives one a step by step sense of what real teaching and education is all about. I highly recommend this book to all those who are concerned with the education of our children.
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Summary: Not just for future teachers...
Review: This book vividly reflects on Mrs. Collins' love of teaching, her family, and of her students. It told of her stamina and determination to getting kids to believe in themselves and to learn when they had always been told that they were not capable of it. This is not a how to book, but an inspiring insight of one person and how she did not give up when the odds were against her. While reading the book, I was wishing that she had been my teacher when I was in school. "Marva Collins' Way" is a must read for all; teachers, student-teachers, parents and kids.
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