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Begay, Shirley M.; And Others – 1983
A bilingual (Navajo-English) book from the Navajo Curriculum Center, on the Kinaalda, the Navajo girls' puberty ceremony, is intended for Navajo students at the secondary and junior college level and contains a section introducing the ceremony and sections on early life experiences and the initiation into womanhood. All text in the three sections…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, American Indian Culture, American Indian Education
Harris, Laurie Lanzen, Ed.; Abbey, Cherie D., Ed. – Biography Today, 2000
This is the ninth volume of a series designed and written for young readers ages 9 and above. It contains three issues and profiles individuals whom young people want to know about most: entertainers, athletes, writers, illustrators, cartoonists, and political leaders. The publication was created to appeal to young readers in a format they can…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Biographies, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education
Zeman, Anne; Kelly, Kate – 1995
Intended for fourth- to sixth-grade students and their parents, this book provides information needed to complete language arts assignments. The book was compiled with the help of a service called Dial-A-Teacher, a collaborative program of the United Federation of Teachers and the New York City Board of Education, which operates a telephone…
Descriptors: English Instruction, Homework, Intermediate Grades, Language Arts
Sanders, Jo; Koch, Janice; Urso, Josephine – 1997
This volume for students developed by the Teacher Education Equity Project, which worked with 61 teacher educators over 3 years, contains source materials about gender equity for use with various activities, as well as bibliographic and other resource listings. Volume 1, designed for teacher educators, presents activities educators can use with…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Educational Assessment, Females, Higher Education
King, Ann, Ed.; Thomas, Gareth, Ed. – 1989
A set of materials compiled for use in British schools and designed to provide information for students, teachers, administrators, and counselors concerning the relationship between second language knowlege and careers is presented in this packet. It consists of the following items: (1) a collection of essays for teachers on languages and careers,…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Careers, Course Selection (Students), Education Work Relationship
Fortner, Rosanne W., Ed.; Mayer, Victor J., Ed. – 1987
The purpose of this volume is to present a body of basic information about the Great Lakes that is current and based on sound research. Such information is frequently difficult to locate, especially in one reference, and equally difficult to decipher and evaluate. The 16 essays contained in this book deal with a variety of topics including the…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, College Science, Earth Science, Ecology
Logan, Rochelle; Halverstadt, Julie – 2002
This book, which is intended as a reference for teenagers and educators, profiles the lives and professional paths of the 100 most popular business leaders for young adults. Those profiled were selected for a number of reasons, including the following: their names are recognizable; they are associated with businesses and industries that are…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Biographical Inventories, Career Choice, Career Development
Jordan, K. Forbis; And Others – 1985
This textbook reviews the principal concerns within each of 13 major responsibility areas in school business administration. The first chapter assesses the political, social, and economic context in which schools function and school administrators work. The role and function of the school business administrator within this context is addressed in…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Administrator Role, Budgeting, Building Operation