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Vygodskaya, Gita L. – Remedial and Special Education, 1999
This article reviews the life of the educational psychologist, Lev S. Vygotsky, as it affected the development of his ideas about the education of children with disabilities. These ideas include the necessity of considering not only the primary disability but also the secondary, tertiary and subsequent strata affecting the student's learning. (DB)
Descriptors: Biographies, Cognitive Development, Disabilities, Educational Philosophy
Groce, Nora – 1992
This study presents an introduction to U.S. involvement in the field of international rehabilitation and disability. Oral history interviews were conducted with 21 "distinguished elders" in the field, an oral history conference with 18 of the elders was held and documented, and written sources were reviewed. The study includes: (1) a…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Biographies, Disabilities, Futures (of Society)
Trimm, Wayne – Outdoor Communicator, 1982
An interview with Erastus Corning, II, mayor of Albany (New York), notes his interest in and contributions to environmental concerns and outdoor education in the Albany area. (MH)
Descriptors: Biographies, City Officials, Conservation (Environment), Disabilities
Johnston, Susanna, Ed.; Phillipson, Chris, Ed. – 1983
These 11 papers consider the older learner as a consumer of education and examine how the concepts of education, educators, institutions, and learners must be revised if educational involvement in later life is to be regarded as the norm. Following a prologue, "Education and the Interpretation of Life Experience" (Michel Philibert), the…
Descriptors: Adult Day Care, Adult Education, Adult Students, Biographies