A year-long music instruction unit introduces students to information about the lives of nine great composers of the classics and to their works. Each month a different composer is featured. No special training for teachers is necessary. (PP)

Presents findings of a survey of 63 ALA-accredited library education programs asked to list specific titles presented in their reference courses. Tables provide data from 31 schools: total number presented at each; total number by category; specific titles by category; and distribution by number and by category. (JD)

Emphasizes four points of entry that history provides for historical analysis: (1) doing of history as the capacity to explore origins and ideas; (2) history as a vehicle for social choices and alternative possibilities; (3) biography as a window to view social change; and (4) exploration of intersections between human aging and social structure.…

Summarizes the plot of "The Summer of the Swans," the 1971 Newbery Medal winner; provides discussion questions; outlines activities in drama, art, and language arts; and provides an annotated bibliography of picture books, fiction, and nonfiction dealing with physical, mental, and emotional disabilities. Includes an interview with Betsy…

Describes research that examined the kinds of understandings and reflections prospective administrators engage in by writing stories about experienced administrators. Explains how 17 educational administration graduate students carried out multiple interviews with practicing administrators concerning their personal and professional biography and a…

An emeritus education professor ponders his career and passes on some advice to the younger generation. He urges teachers to acquire a broad education, obtain a solid professional education, discover who they are, avoid simplification, and try to make a difference. Teachers should have more say in their affairs, stand up for appropriate curricula,…

Provides background information on the life of David Van Tassel and discusses his role in the founding of National History Day. Includes tributes written by people affected by National History Day, including students, teachers, parents, and colleagues. (CMK)

Tested typology classifying 326 incarcerated delinquent boys as buoyant or beset, depending on their level of anxiety and depression at intake. Findings revealed that two types of boys differed in some aspects of life history and personality, buoyant type adjusted better to institution's group-oriented treatment approach, buoyant and beset boys…

Presented is a bibliography of periodical literature on the following topics: the impact of science and technology, art and architecture, biography, computers, international science and technology, and development and modernization. Also presented is an annotated bibliography of children's books, books on economics, the environment, and the…

Claims children form initial views on sex roles between the ages of three and six, and describes ways to use biographies of women to broaden this perspective. Includes class activities for grades one through five, outlines of lesson plans, a list of biographies, and resource material. (NL)

Describes an exercise that addresses a number of developmental issues in a family and parenting class. The exercise requires students to write a semiautobiographical personal letter. Reports that students responded favorably to this exercise, suggesting a number of beneficial outcomes. Recommendations for instructors are provided. (KO)

Examines the effects of educational philanthropy in the career of Horace Mann Bond, Black educational scholar and college administrator. Finds that in Bond's dealings with the General Education Board (GEB) and the Julius Rosenwald Fund, the benefactor-beneficiary relationship simultaneously supported him and effectively halted his scholarly…

Maintains that historians, education professors, and education critics have called for a return to a history-centered social studies curriculum. Asserts that the use of biographies and autobiographies will reinvigorate the atmosphere of the history classroom. Includes a 22-item nonannotated bibliography of teacher resources on the topic. (CFR)

Provides an annotated bibliography of the 39 best science and technology books from 1993 in the areas of animal life, astronomy, biography, chemistry, earth science, environmental sciences, evolution, mathematics, medical sciences, natural history, paleontology, philosophy of science, physics, psychology, general science, and technology. Ethical…

Although David Hornbeck became Philadelphia Schools' new superintendent in September 1994, critics are already saying the honeymoon is over. In a school system characterized by student absenteeism, high dropout rates, minimal community support, and declining resources, Hornbeck's reform agenda (Children Achieving) may receive inadequate support.…