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Park, Ikumi – Educational Perspectives, 2013
In the context of identity politics, identity has been perceived as something substantial, inborn and essential--an unchangeable quality of self that waits to be explored and expressed. Its dynamic aspect could be nurtured through enlightenment and experience as one grows up. In this essay, the author wants to explore the dilemma that identity as…
Descriptors: Racial Identification, Identification (Psychology), Personality Development, Personality Studies
Rajbhandari, Mani Man Singh – Online Submission, 2016
This paper explores the traits of the leadership dexterity of special students. Leadership in special students is not an expected phenomenon. Cases of special students studying at the University of Tampere, Finland are reported on here. Each case contributes uniqueness and offers qualitative insight into this phenomenon. Interviews were conducted…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Special Needs Students, Special Education
Tierney, William G. – Review of Higher Education, 2013
This article uses the life history method to chronicle the challenges of a low-income, first-generation student en route to college. The paper addresses three questions: how Manuel navigates college and related topics such as roommates, family, and money; how he creates social networks; and how he works with adults such as teachers and…
Descriptors: First Generation College Students, Biographies, Social Capital, Social Networks
Chapman, David W. – Christian Higher Education, 2007
Although many colleges profess interest in character development, faculty often feel ill equipped to address questions of vocation and purpose in their classes. Life writing--biography and autobiography--is a popular genre outside of the university, but is largely neglected within the academy. The study of life writing provides a natural way to…
Descriptors: Church Related Colleges, Autobiographies, Biographies, Personality Development
Skerrett, Allison – Studying Teacher Education, 2008
This is a self-study of my professional and cultural biography and identity, a history which directed me first toward the work of urban teaching and then into teacher education and research into comparative educational issues of racial and national identity. I use this inquiry to demonstrate how biography and identity influences the lived…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Urban Teaching, Biographies, Urban Education

Herman, Gertrude B. – Children's Literature in Education, 1978
Discusses biography for children as a literary form concerned with the task of personality integration and sets forth criteria for the selection of biography for children. (GT)
Descriptors: Biographies, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Winch, Christopher – Oxford Review of Education, 2006
The contemporary relevance of the German philosopher of vocational education, Georg Kerschensteiner, is first indicated in general terms in relation to current debates and policies. Kerschensteiner's main ideas are then outlined. There is a discussion of his relationship with progressivism, his ideas about learning and the importance of practical…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Biographies, General Education, Citizenship Education

Junn, Ellen N. – Teaching of Psychology, 1989
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)
Descriptors: Assignments, Biographies, Classroom Research, Cognitive Development
Monoszon, Ele Isaevich – Soviet Education, 1988
Presents chapter 2 from Ele Isaevich Monoszon's 1987 book, "The Establishment and Development of Soviet Pedagogy." Focuses on achievements of the 1920s in establishing a Soviet system of education. Reviews biographies and ideas of five eminent Soviet educators. (CH)
Descriptors: Biographies, Educational History, Educational Principles, Educational Theories
Ziaziun, Ivan A. – Soviet Education, 1989
Discusses the experiences and ideas of Anton S. Makarenko, an early influential Soviet educator known for his children's labor collective school that operated in the 1920s near Poltava. Examines Makarenko's legacy for the current educational reform movement, which emphasizes methods that combine instruction with social production and seeks ways to…
Descriptors: Biographies, Communism, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change