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Romines, Ann – Great Plains Quarterly, 1994
Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House series of novels tells the story of her life through narratives developed around housing; male traditions of buying and building; and female traditions of furnishing, housekeeping, and preservation of culture. Wilder made Great Plains houses a central metaphor of U.S. culture. (KS)
Descriptors: Authors, Biographies, Cultural Images, Housing

Chapman, Judith D. – Journal of Educational Administration, 1995
Acknowledges the late Professor Emeritus William G. Walker's contribution to educational administration. Describes major advances in epistemological perspectives and metatheoretical frameworks underlying recent educational administration research in Australia. A progressive research agenda should focus on preserving systems, empowering schools,…
Descriptors: Biographies, Collegiality, Conferences, Critical Theory

English, Fenwick W. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 1995
Biography and other forms of life writing have been neglected sources in teaching educational administration, chiefly due to the field's positivistic orientation. Changing ideas about organizational realities, administrative values, the management/leadership dichotomy, and reflective practice should create new openings for biography in…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Biographies, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
Bushweller, Kevin – Executive Educator, 1995
The reversals (including two harrowing racial incidents) confronting Ben Canada on the way to becoming Atlanta's chief educator have strengthened his convictions. Despite numerous achievements, he was bounced from Jackson (Mississippi) Schools over a school-prayer fiasco. In Atlanta, he has dealt with a school closing situation and now faces…
Descriptors: Biographies, Blacks, Elementary Secondary Education, Job Performance

Hebert, Thomas P. – Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, 1995
The use of biographies in counseling young men who are gifted is recommended, to assist them in dealing with such issues as underachievement, self-inflicted pressure in athletics, cultural alienation, and father-son relationships. Biographical works that may be used and strategies for using this counseling approach are examined, including case…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Affective Behavior, Athletics, Bibliotherapy
Phillips, Carla R.; Phillips, William D., Jr. – Humanities, 1991
Surveys U.S. historiography dealing with Christopher Columbus from the eighteenth century to the present. Traces the changes in interpretation, treating Columbus as a hero, a victim, a visionary, a genius, and a mariner. Discusses past textbook treatments of Columbus and the portrayal of minorities in descriptions of his expeditions. (DK)
Descriptors: Biographies, Citizenship Education, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
Rist, Marilee C. – Executive Educator, 1993
Tupelo (Mississippi) Superintendent Mike Walters eschewed his former "happy bureaucrat" role for a facilitative role allowing teachers to reinvent curriculum and instruction. Inspired by Deming's continuous-improvement precept and aided by a $3.5 million grant from the area's Fortune-500 business community, this superintendent finds…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Biographies, Bureaucracy, Elementary Secondary Education
Eyerer, Judy – Echoes: The Northern Maine Journal, 1992
At lifewriting workshops held in Maine schools and senior citizen centers, participants learn to turn their memories into written vignettes. Writing memoirs helps older people celebrate who they have been and helps younger people explore who they are. (LP)
Descriptors: Biographies, Family History, Learning Experience, Life Events

Becker, Ellen; Becker, Larry; McPheeters, Tom; Mercogliano, Chris – Paths of Learning: Options for Families & Communities, 1999
Mary Leue started the Free School, an independent, alternative elementary school in inner-city Albany (New York), based on open democratic education dedicated to the authentic lives of children. Other accomplishments include a community-investment organization, a magazine of alternative education, a magazine for empowering families, and a…
Descriptors: Biographies, Change Agents, Community Leaders, Community Programs
Venville, Grady; Milne, Catherine – Australian Science Teachers' Journal, 1999
Draws on an array of historical documents to delve into the history of genetics and the lives and scientific accomplishments of female geneticists that include Nettie Stevens, Rosalind Franklin, and Barbara McClintock. (Contains 20 references.) (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Biographies, Biological Sciences, Females, Genetics

Crocco, Margaret Smith – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1997
Examines contributions by Mary Ritter Beard and Marion Thompson Wright to inclusive social education curricula. Beard established the field of women's history; Wright promoted the application of black history. Both saw social betterment as the goal of knowledge and sought inclusive understanding of the nature of legitimate knowledge in schools.…
Descriptors: Biographies, Black History, Civics, Educational History
Brodie, Carolyn S. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2001
Discusses author Karen Hesse's books for children and young adults; suggests ideas for related activities that include appropriate Web sites; and presents an annotated bibliography for books for young readers, books for older readers, audio, video, Web biographical information, print biographical information, and additional sources. (LRW)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Annotated Bibliographies, Audiotape Cassettes, Authors

Mayo, Edith P.; Black, Allida M. – OAH Magazine of History, 2001
Offers a bibliography that provides suggestions for further information on the First Ladies. Types of information sources suggested include general overviews of the First Ladies, biographies and autobiographies of First Ladies, specialized studies, White House social history resources, and books for young people. (CMK)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Autobiographies, Bibliographies, Biographies

Williams, Shawn D. – Thresholds in Education, 1996
The history of black women's social reform work remains unrecognized in the academy and the general culture. The contributions of courageous black feminist authors such as bell hooks, Nikki Giovanni, and Audre Lorde are important for all students. Hooks works with educators to denounce sexist and racist stereotypes, Giovanni stresses the concept…
Descriptors: Authors, Biographies, Blacks, Educational Change
Martin, Jane – Gender and Education, 2005
This article tells the stories of four middle class, white, English women whose participation in educational policy making is little known: Annie Leigh Browne (1851-1936), Margaret MacDonald (1870-1911), Hilda Miall-Smith (born 1861) and Honnor Morten (1861-1913). In doing so, it provides a perspective on the circumstances that enabled or…
Descriptors: Social History, Activism, Feminism, Biographies