Q. Where can I find some books that have biographical information on key educators?

Try these books:

• Fifty major thinkers on education : from Confucius to Dewey
    
• Fifty modern thinkers on education : from Piaget to the present day
   
• Pioneers of early childhood education : a bio-bibliographical guide
   
• Women educators in the United States, 1820-1993 : a bio-bibliographical sourcebook 

You can also use the Gale Virtual Reference Library  or Biography in Context databases.

Try searching the Library Online Catalog  for additional books as well. Keywords:

• educational theory
• educational theorists
• learning theorists

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