This annotated bibliography is reformatted and customized by the Center for Positive Practices. Some of the authors featured on this page include George H. Bridges, Robert Williams, Stephen R. Van Luchene, Richard R. DeBlassie, Mary McAnaw Welsh, Ned Heltzer, Robert Kirschenbaum, Benjamin Atencio, Benjamin Milner, and Francis Wardle.
(1976). Health Occupations Programs Designed to Serve Different Cultures, American Vocational Journal. The article summarizes presentations on urban and rural health occupations made to the Health Occupations Education Division at the American Vocational Association's 1975 Convention. The principal of New York City's Clara Barton High School outlined its activities; rural health occupations education programing in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Utah were described. [More] Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Conference Reports, Professional Associations, Program Descriptions
(1987). Acceleration with Affect, Gifted Child Today (GCT). The Las Cruces (New Mexico) Public Schools' Advanced Education Program offers gifted students a means of accelerating through the curriculum. The pilot program features a district advisory committee, facilitators, course credit, transportation to other schools, and a caseload approach. Activities are designed around four goals: flexibility; decision making; time management; and task completion. Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Curriculum Enrichment, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
(1976). A Campus Goes to the Community, Journal of Home Economics. New Mexico State University has operated an experimental field training program preparing senior students to serve as members of family home health teams. The author assesses the way in which the program has worked and reports on the program's evaluations by students and families. [More] Descriptors: College Programs, Community Involvement, Community Organizations, Family Life Education
(1975). "The Times, They Are a-Changin'", Improving College and University Teaching. Describes change in the New Mexico State University teacher training program which involved integration of three previously separate courses into a coordinated sequence developed and taught by an interdisciplinary team. Included microteaching centers in elementary schools and student evaluation based on demonstrable behaviors. [More] Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary School Teachers, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
(1986). Prevalence of Hepatitis A Virus Antibody Among Navajo School Children, American Journal of Public Health. A serologic investigation of prevalence of immunity to hepatitis A (anti-HAV) was conducted in a rural school adjacent to a Navajo reservation in New Mexico. The results show rates of anti-HAV that are the highest reported at the ages tested in any subpopulation in the United States, comparable only with those in developing countries. Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Communicable Diseases, Disease Control
(1978). Gardening for Food and Fun with Senior Citizens, Agricultural Education. The article describes a vegetable gardening project for the elderly (age 65 or older) sponsored by a community action agency and the New Mexico State University horticulture department. A student director and two instructors provided technical management, and the students (young and old) learned about production agriculture and each other. [More] Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production
(1986). Rural Teachers' Experiences: Lessons for Today, Rural Educator. Compares and contrasts first year teaching experiences of a grandmother (1919) and granddaughter (1980) in small, isolated, rural New Mexico schools. Offers suggestions for improving recruitment and retention of rural teachers in areas of salary, housing conditions, school philosophy and morale, student population, and community life. Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Labor Turnover, Personal Narratives
(1985). Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory Comparisons Between Hispanic and Anglo College Students: A Research Note, Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences. Empirically examines differences on Introversion-Extroversion Scale and General Occupational Themes of Strong-Campbell Interest Inventory between 88 Hispanic and 88 Anglo New Mexico State University students. Indicates no significant differences between Hispanics and Anglos. Suggests Hispanics are becoming bicultural and combining their values with those of the mainstream culture. Descriptors: Acculturation, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
(1988). Methods for Identifying the Gifted and Talented American Indian Student, Journal for the Education of the Gifted. This article discusses the cultural and ethnic limitations of current definitions of giftedness and describes instruments that may be used to identify gifted and talented American Indian students. It also summarizes alternative criteria for placing Indian students in gifted programs and describes identification procedures at an elementary school on the Zuni reservation in New Mexico. Descriptors: American Indian Education, Aptitude Tests, Cultural Differences, Definitions
(1986). Observing Two Important Teaching Variables, Physical Educator. Two behaviors essential to good teaching, teacher expectation and teacher flexibility, have been incorporated into the observation system used in the student teacher program at the University of New Mexico. The importance of these behaviors in teaching and in evaluating student teachers is discussed. Descriptors: Expectation, Higher Education, Physical Education, Preservice Teacher Education
(1987). An Enthusiasm to Learn Through Video, Phi Delta Kappan. The students of the Santo Domingo Public School (New Mexico) are all members of the Santo Domingo American Indian tribe. When they reach ninth grade they move into a more diversely populated school. To help the students adjust to the change, the School Improvement Through Communication Program was initiated in 1984. Descriptors: American Indian Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Minority Groups, School Role
(1974). Education for Becoming: Two Field Programs at Antioch, Interface Journal. Based on the premise that therapy is a way of learning, two Field Centers were developed: (1) a small group in New Mexico who studied geology, botany, wilderness survival skills and themselves, the latter using group dream study methods and (2) a group in Switzerland to study Jungian psychology including individual analysis. [More] Descriptors: College Students, Field Experience Programs, Group Experience, Higher Education
(1977). Project Porvenir–An Experience in Clinical Education in the Rural Setting, American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. Project Porvenir functions as a manpower resource for primary health care systems developing in rural New Mexico. By providing supervised interdisciplinary teams of students in medicine, nursing, and pharmacy, Porvenir increases the service capabilities of the facilities with which it is affiliated. [More] Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Clinics, Community Health Services, Field Experience Programs
(1982). Great Books Make Great Teachers, American Educator: The Professional Journal of the American Federation of Teachers. At St. John's College campuses in New Mexico and Maryland, teachers and other professionals attending the Graduate Institute in Liberal Education explore new ways of understanding classical works in politics, literature, philosophy, and the sciences and discuss how these are relevant to their lives. [More] Descriptors: Classical Literature, Curriculum, Graduate Study, Higher Education
(1975). Dateline…UPI, Children Today. Describes the impact on children and adults of the installation of a UPI teletype in an isolated rural New Mexico community, where it serves as the focal point of the community's informational-educational-cultural resource center. The teletype proved useful in teaching reading, social studies, geography and other subjects. [More] Descriptors: Community Relations, Educational Media, Educational Technology, Geography