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Phi Delta Kappan, 1999
"Kappan" editors recommend Michael Ignatieff's biography of Isaiah Berlin and insightful novels by Barbara Kingsolver, Pat Conroy, Wally Lamb, Edwidge Danticat, and Doris Lessing. Neil Postman's "The End of Education" (1995) advocates exploiting diversity to define standards. Ernest House's "Schools for Sale" (1998)…
Descriptors: Biographies, Book Reviews, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Change
Peer reviewedHebert, Thomas P.; Long, Linda A.; Neumeister, Kristie L. Speirs – Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, 2001
This article proposes guided reading of biographies as a counseling strategy through which middle and high school educators may assist gifted females in gaining helpful insights to deal with problems they face. Biographies of gifted females are highlighted, as well as ways teachers and counselors might use such an approach. (Contains references.)…
Descriptors: Bibliotherapy, Biographies, Coping, Counseling Techniques
Download full textLieberman, Shelly, Ed. – Loblolly, 1989
This publication contains three articles written by students from Gary High School (Texas). The first article, "Baptistry Paintings" (Arthur Head and others), provides pictures, histories, and descriptions of eight paintings in Baptist churches located in East Texas. The second article, "Estelle Thomas Webb" (Debra Dubois;…
Descriptors: Biographies, High School Students, High Schools, Interviews
