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Gardner, Howard – 1995
Despite a rapidly changing world, leadership remains crucially important in institutions ranging from schools to nations. Much of what is beneficent in the world has been inspired by farsighted leaders, even as many of the horrors of the world have been wrought by leaders who, while perhaps equally gifted, have used their powers destructively.…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Audiences, Biographies, Child Development
Ballentine, Angela Rene – 2000
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the career development experiences of three female former presidents who were the first to have served in a southeastern community college system. In order to present more personal and historical information about these women, the author selected sociological multiple life history as the…
Descriptors: Biographies, Career Development, College Presidents, Community Colleges
Peer reviewedUrrutia Salaverri, Luis – Revista de Occidente, 1972
Descriptors: Biographies, Characterization, Impressionistic Criticism, Literary Perspective
Spain Today, 1971
Evaluates the works of present-day Spanish writers, Carlos Claveria Lizana, Ricardo Fernandez de la Reguera, Mercedes Ballesteros Gaibrois, Luis Romero, Jorge Guillen, and Lauro Olmo. (DS)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Biographies, Drama, Formal Criticism
Orr, Margaret – Minnesota Reading Quarterly, 1971
Outlines reasons for teaching black literature, black literature suitable for the intermediate grades, and experiences in teaching black literature. (MB)
Descriptors: Biographies, Black Literature, Books, Childrens Literature
Peer reviewedHartsook, John H. – Hispania, 1971
Descriptors: Analytical Criticism, Biographies, Essays, Literary Styles
Fogel, Yvonne – Parks Recreation, 1970
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Agency Role, Biographies, Ecology
Lain Entralgo, Pedro – Cuad Hispanoamer, 1970
Descriptors: Authors, Biographies, Literary Criticism, Literary Influences
Peer reviewedBlanco Amor, Jose – Cuadernos Americanos, 1971
Descriptors: Biographies, Fiction, Historical Criticism, Literary Influences
Peer reviewedGaragorri, Paulino – Revista de Occidente, 1970
Descriptors: Authors, Biographies, Literary Styles, Moral Criticism
Green, Morton – Instructor, 1969
Descriptors: Biographies, Civil Rights, Hindi, Human Relations
Goodson, Ivor – Interchange on Educational Policy, 1980
Life history data of educators should be analyzed for research purposes. The focus should be changed from an obsession with specific events and statistical data to a much broader historical sweep. Life history investigations set against the background of teaching patterns should provide an antidote to depersonalized accounts of schooling. (JN)
Descriptors: Biographies, Documentaries, Educational Innovation, Educational Research
Peer reviewedZeichner, Kenneth M.; Grant, Carl A. – Journal of Education for Teaching, 1981
A study examined the effects of the student teaching experience on the pupil control ideologies of student teachers and attempted to assess the contributions of biography and social structure. Results indicated that cooperating teachers exerted little influence, but that biography and social structure played an important role in the socialization…
Descriptors: Biographies, Classroom Environment, Cooperating Teachers, Social Structure
Peer reviewedChampagne, Audrey B.; Klopfer, Leopold E. – Science Education, 1980
The fifth in a series of innovators in the teaching of elementary school science, this essay outlines the contributions of Florence Billig (1890-1967). (CS)
Descriptors: Biographies, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Employed Women
Peer reviewedBlake, David W. – Comparative Education, 1982
Kandel's reputation as a giant in the field of comparative education rests upon his magisterial surveys of educational systems in which he developed an intricate pattern of educational, political, historical, and philosophical relationships, with his theme being the relationship between education and the state. (Author/BRR)
Descriptors: Biographies, Comparative Education, Educational History, Educational Philosophy
