Describes the career of Father Berard Haile (1874-1961), a Franciscan missionary and anthropologist who befriended Navajo Indians in Arizona and studied their culture. Haile's career spanned five decades, and he maintained a Navajo residence longer than any other Navajo ethnologist. Describes his writings, special fields, scholarly limitations,…

Described is the biography of Paul DeHart Hurd as a science educator. Included are anecdotes from his high school story, through studying and teaching experiences, through professional careers, to present activities. Appended is his bibliography of publications, monographs, books, and papers. (YP)

Describes a biography-writing project that links research to literary discourse. Notes that the power of literary discourse supported the research project and tapped students' energy to write. (MM)

Explains how a teacher reluctantly accepted an assignment to teach an independent study unit on biography to high school seniors. Notes that student interest ran very high. Touts the value of autobiography and biography in the classroom; maintains that their appeal is broad and individual and conducive to small-group work because they are plot…

Sketches some events in the life and career of Lowry Nelson, a rural sociologist, and relates these events to the development of rural sociology and the Rural Sociological Society. Asserts that the dream of using science to ameliorate social problems during the early development of rural sociology is still present today. (KS)

Reflects on contributions of three educators dedicated to addressing issues of pluralism and democracy similar to those faced today. Horace Meyer Kallen, Alain Locke, and Isaac Baer Berkson developed unique visions of pluralism as each attempted to reconcile competing versions of democracy for an industrializing nation in the first half of this…

Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is angry about the way education works in New York City and is determined to debureaucratize schools and make them safer. Memories of his own parochial school education inspire Giuliani to hold up the Catholic school system as a possible reform model. He favors school choice and differs with the chancellor over safety and…

An annotated bibliography of books about non-Newtonian physics written by physicists for the lay reader. Organized into three sections: (1) a listing by titles; (2) classification of the books by subject heading; and (3) an annotated bibliography arranged by author. (LZ)

Describes the life and career of Winona Elliott Sample, who has worked as a childcare, preschool, and then Head Start director, and served as chief of Indian Health Services in California, a board member for the Indian Health Clinic in San Jose, and vice chair of the International Year of the Child in 1979-80. (AC)

Describes the contributions that three women geologists made to the field of geology. Closing remarks report current statistics of women geologists. (ZWH)

Suggests that James Baldwin was one of the most prolific authors of schoolbooks for children during his lifetime (1841-1925). Notes that in addition to the Baldwin Readers (1897), he coauthored the Harper Readers (1888) and Expressive Readers (1911). Estimates that his publications numbered 54 volumes and that 26 million copies of his works sold…

Both Lois Coffey Mossman and Frederick Bonser had great influence on the development of industrial arts in the early 20th century. Problems facing technology education today were addressed then and are related to the gap between theory and practice. (SK)

Presents a brief historical sketch of the life and work of one of the founders of modern mathematical physics. Discusses three problem-solving applications of the Poisson distribution with examples from elementary probability theory. Provides background on two of his noteworthy results from the physics of oscillations and the deformation of rigid…

Presents a short biography of Jennie Wahlert, who taught in the St. Louis Public Schools in the early 1900s, and later served in supervisory positions in the schools and as a college professor. Her career spanned seven decades and had a significant influence on education in St. Louis. (MDM)

Lists and describes a number of narrative biographies written for children and concerning the life and times of Abraham Lincoln. Points out strengths and weaknesses of the main selections. (HB)