This annotated bibliography is reformatted and customized by the Center for Positive Practices. Some of the authors featured on this page include Agnes van Zanten, Tom Schuller, William A. Hoy, Dean Jamison, Neil Daniel, Leonard Olguin, Wim Jochems, Roger Kroth, Elizabeth Mitchell, and Richard G. Salmon.
(1976). Notes from a Teacher's Journal, La Confluencia. An adaptation of part of Mr. Olguin's speech given at the New Mexico Association for Bilingual Education meetings, this article presents some of his observations on the ways students and teachers from different cultures can make life difficult for each other. One of the ways is the tone range used by teachers when addressing students. Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Intonation, Responses
(1983). Citizen Advisory Councils: Training Is the Key to Effectiveness, NASSP Bulletin. Eight New Mexico Citizen Advisory Councils identified competencies within essential task areas for councils in community school settings. Task areas cited include fiscal management, programing, facilities use, identifying community resources, publicity, and organization and administration of the program. Productivity can be enhanced by identifying tasks and training members in skills. Descriptors: Citizens Councils, Community Education, Community Involvement, Community Resources
(1965). New Challenges in Developing High School and Post High School Programs in Agricultural Occupations. Conference Report. Resident Instruction Series No. 5. A special 2-week conference designed to assist nine participating states in developing plans for new educational programs in agricultural occupations was hosted by the New Mexico State University, July 20-31, 1964. Major papers presented to the 35 participants were: (1) Purpose of the Conference, (2) Where We Have Been–and Where We Are Now, (3) Agricultural Occupations in Vocational Education, (4) National Studies in Agricultural Occupations, (5) Changes in Agricultural Industry, (6) The Role of Distributive Education, (7) Implications for Vocational Curriculum Changes, (8) Guidance and the Classroom Teacher, (9) The Occupational Guidance R-LE OF Agricultural Teachers, (10) Testing, (11) The New Federal Vocational Act as it Affects New Mexico, (12) Plans for New Mexico, (13) Manpower Development Training Act and Labor Outlook for New Mexico, (14) A Proposed Model of Teacher Tasks in Agricultural Occupations Programs, (15) Cooperative Programs in California, (16) Kansas Pilot Programs, and (17) Report of Ohio State University Conference. Reports of the four committees, a vocational agricultural department brochure, and a selected reading list are included in the report. [More] Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Occupations, Career Guidance, Conference Reports
(1976). Financing Indian Education Today and Alternatives for the Future, Journal of Education Finance. Analyzes the content and impact of federal legislation governing federal aid for Indian education, discusses the financial status of Indian elementary and secondary schools in New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Washington, and presents several alternative formulas for financing Indian education. Descriptors: American Indians, Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
(1983). Parent Education Programs that Work: A Model, Focus on Exceptional Children. A parent center supported by the Albuquerque Public School System and the University of New Mexico promotes cooperation between parents and educators to serve exceptional children. The center was based on assumptions about money, time, personnel, parent heterogeneity, and needs/strengths as delineated in the "Mirror Model of Parent Involvement." Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Models, Parent Participation
(1977). Independent Study for the "Tuned Out", Adolescence. Independent study can be a way for the sympathetic classroom teacher to meet the needs of the student who is either gifted and unchallenged or academically capable but underachieving because of boredom or rebellion. Discusses the independent study program at Las Cruces High School, New Mexico, and the advantages and disadvantages of independent study. Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational Research, Gifted, Independent Study
(1972). Using Satellites to Improve Efficiency in Delivery of Educational Services. A description is provided of a demonstration use of the ATS-3 satellite to provide computer-assisted instruction to students at an Indian Pueblo in New Mexico from the computer center at Stanford University's Institute for Mathematical Studies in the Social Sciences. The role of this and other technologies in improving productivity and efficiency in education are also discussed. [More] Descriptors: American Indians, Communications Satellites, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers
(1983). The Need for Inservice Training in Instructional Technology for Special Education Personnel in Small Rural School Districts, Journal of Special Education Technology. Special education teachers and administrators from each of 17 small rural school districts (N=34) were interviewed on staff development needs. A lack of staff development activities was identified as a critical problem in such districts in New Mexico. Training in instructional technology was the most frequently mentioned inservice need. Descriptors: Disabilities, Inservice Teacher Education, Needs Assessment, Rural Areas
(1984). Comprehensive Programs for Able Learners, G/C/T. The eight articles report on the Richardson study, which is investigating education program for able learners. Approaches of five school districts located in Marshall and Spring, Texas; Southfield, Michigan; Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Chicago, Illinois are described. Inferences are drawn regarding commonalities that give evidence of program effectiveness. Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Gifted, Program Descriptions, Program Effectiveness
(1977). Attitudes and Attained Proficiency in ESL: A Sociolinguistic Study of Mexican Americans in the Southwest, TESOL Quarterly. Mexican-American women studying in a vocational school in New Mexico were studied in order to investigate: (1) the relationship between attained proficiency in English and attitudes toward self and toward the native and target language groups; and (2) reasons for learning English and coming to the United States. Descriptors: English (Second Language), Immigrants, Language Attitudes, Language Proficiency
(2006). Evidence and Policy Research, European Educational Research Journal. The EERJ roundtable took as its point of departure the experience of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) in carrying out policy research. CERI has conducted four reviews of national educational research and development (in New Zealand, England, Mexico and Denmark), and has run a number of meetings specifically on the use of evidence-based policy research (in the USA, Sweden and the Netherlands). Tom Schuller, Head of CERI, presented some conclusions from these and other CERI activities. Responses were made by Wim Jochems, Open University of the Netherlands, Lejf Moos, Danish University of Education, and Agnes van Zanten, Observatoire Sociologique du Changement, CNRS, Paris. The EERJ Roundtable was an opportunity to return to the issues raised in the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) 2003 Hamburg Roundtable on the "OECD Examiners" Report on Educational Research and Development in England' (European Educational Research Journal, 3(2), 2004, pp. 510-526) in a wider context and as part of a trend to evaluate the quality and organisation of educational research, and its contribution to educational policy. [More] Descriptors: Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis
(1971). Computerizing the Small Campus Placement Function, Journal of College Placement. Despite a small number of students, a limited budget, and a tight schedule, Eastern New Mexico University organized a computerized referral system that will offer ongoing benefits to employers and students, and aid the placement operation by acting as a repository for current information. Descriptors: College Students, Colleges, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers
(1965). Help through Learning English. Teaching English as a second language is the purpose of this curriculum guide developed for adult basic literacy classes within the Home Education Livelihood Program in New Mexico. The guide consists of 16 teaching units composed of conversations and exercises with teaching notes. Emphasis is on memorization through oral and written drills. A related document is RC 001 645. [More] Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Articulation (Speech), Curriculum Guides, English (Second Language)
(1994). A Collaborative Model of Administrative Internship: Meeting the Needs of the University and Local Districts. The Eastern New Mexico University (ENMU) School of Education offers an educational administration program for students seeking a master's degree or licensure in educational administration. Most of the students are teachers from New Mexico and surrounding states who plan to become administrators at small and rural schools. In 1987, the New Mexico Board of Education decided that students who began their coursework in educational administration in the fall of 1986 or later must complete an internship. Three problems arose in implementing the program at ENMU. First, a university faculty member was required to visit each intern four times each semester, and many of the students were great distances from the university. Second, because the interns taught full-time, there was little opportunity to meet with them and their principals. Third, since the interns were teaching full-time, they had limited time to participate in administrative activities. The Eastern New Mexico School Research and Study Council helped find solutions to the problems. The council suggested ending the university faculty visits and increasing the role of the interns' supervising principals. Money was also allocated to free up interns to experience administrative activities. An internship questionnaire and an administrative competencies evaluation are included. [More] Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Effectiveness, College School Cooperation, Educational Administration
(1977). Students Write About Their Artwork, School Arts. One is always looking for new projects for students that will be of lasting benefit and also stimulate enthusiasm and thinking. A teacher at Wingate High School, New Mexico, a Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school, combines Navajo weaving with magazine writing in order to interest and stimulate her students. Descriptors: Art Education, Handicrafts, Illustrations, Periodicals