This annotated bibliography is reformatted and customized by the Center for Positive Practices. Some of the authors featured on this page include James G. Cooper, Palo Alto College Entrance Examination Board, David Dunn, Edward W. Ludwig, San Francisco Program for Continuing Education in Public Health, Waldron P. Smith, James Santibanez, Washington ORBIS Associates, John F. Disinger, and Beverly M. Lee.
(1973). Technological Alternatives in Learning; Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Western College Reading Association (6th; Albuquerque, April 12-14, 1973). The thirty papers in this Annual Proceedings of the Western College Reading Association (WCRA) were originally delivered at the Sixth Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Topics covered include self-programed control, increasing study-concentration behavior, individualizing a college reading program, human options for human beings, technological alternatives in learning, the reading program at Metropolitan State College, data collection, the use of behavioral contracts, outreach programing for college reading centers, in-service training for instructors, vocabulary building for vocational education students, diagnosis and treatment of text study problems, body language, self-supporting individualized adult reading programs, reading and study skills that predict success in freshman biology, development of a four-level college reading program, proxemics and the college reading specialist, reading resource centers, peer tutoring, programs for the blind and visually handicapped, SQ3R, reading technology, vocational reading, and cognitive centers to develop effective study skills. [More] Descriptors: Conference Reports, Individualized Reading, Learning, Reading
(1971). Drug Abuse Prevention: A Guide to Speakers. National Clearinghouse for Drug Abuse Information Report Series 19, No. 1. This directory is intended as a resource for persons requiring knowledge about speaker's bureaus concerned with drug abuse prevention throughout the country. Information is derived from the National Clearinghouse for Drug Abuse Information National Inventory of Drug Abuse Programs, part of a comprehensive computerized information-retrieval system covering the field of drug abuse. The guide reflects only those drug abuse programs which have been brought to the attention of the Clearinghouse and which have reported an active speaker's bureau. No attempt at evaluation or assessment of program effectiveness or the speaker's bureau is made. Identifying data include program name, address, telephone number, and director's name. Three hundred sixty-four programs in 48 states (excluding New Mexico and Oklahoma), District of Columbia, and the Canal Zone are listed. [More] Descriptors: Directories, Drug Abuse, Drug Education, Information Services
(1972). Off-Reservation Boarding School Project (ORBS Project). Research and Evaluation Report No. 11. Pilot projects to experiment with methods of achieving the objectives of the Off-Reservation Boarding School Project (ORBS) were conducted at Sherman Indian High School, Riverside, California, and at Chilocco Indian High School, Chilocco, Oklahoma. The general objectives for the ORBS Project at each school were to review long range goals, to identify and describe the existing program, to review the existing program in terms of the long-range goals, and to provide recommendations for meeting the long-range goals and objectives. The ORBS Program covered the areas of goals and philosophy, school plant, curriculum, out-of-class activities, administration, evaluation, admission practices, plant management, public and human relations, and health services. The content and methodology used in both of these projects was presented in a 1-week workshop in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Descriptors: Administration, American Indians, Boarding Schools, Consultants
(1971). Course Listing 1971-1972. Courses to be presented in 12 states for the benefit of professional personnel in health and related fields are listed and briefly described. The courses were developed by the Program of Continuing Education in Public Health, with the aid of Graduate Schools of Public Health of the University of California at Berkeley and at Los Angeles, the University of Hawaii, and Loma Linda University; the program is also sponsored by the Western Branch/Western Regional Office of the American Public Health Association. The courses are on Administration, Environmental Health, Mental Health, Personal Health Services, Teaching Health Planning, and The Extended Role of Public Health Workers. A list of persons to contact by persons interested is given by state: Alaska, Arizona, California (both Northern and Southern), Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. [More] Descriptors: Adult Education, Course Descriptions, Health Education, Professional Education
(1973). State Directories in Environmental Education, Volume IV, U.S. Office of Education Regions VI and VII. This compilation is one of a series produced through the combined efforts of the United States Office of Education/Environmental Education, coordinators for environmental education in the various states, and the ERIC Center for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education, in an attempt to collect and detail environmental education efforts throughout the nation. The series is assembled in geographical groupings, using combinations of the U.S. Office of Education regions. This fourth volume in the series includes Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Environmental education information from these states is provided under the following headings: State Environmental Education Contact; State Plan Activities; School Programs and Activities (or Environmental Education Programs Funded); University and College Programs and Activities; Groups and Agencies with Interest in Environmental Education; Resource Materials Available; and Possible Resource People. Related documents are SE 017 101, SE 017 102, SE 017 103, and SE 017 105. [More] Descriptors: College Science, Directories, Educational Programs, Environmental Education
(1995). Local Area Network: What Can a Library Do with It?. With the ever growing interest that libraries have in the Internet, the potentials of other computer resources may be overlooked or under-utilized. One such resource is the campus local area network (LAN). For libraries, a campus LAN presents possibilities ranging from simple library promotion to networked databases. The Internet provides unlimited but sometimes unreliable resources; a local area network can provide controlled, relatively reliable and custom-tailored resources and services for a campus. New Mexico State University-Alamogordo Library attempts to make use of the campus LAN to enhance and expand upon traditional resources offered to users, and also to provide new and unique library services. This paper describes how the library makes use of the campus LAN in library instruction, library services, automation supplement, database access, and library promotion. Reproductions of computer screens are included which depict and list resources available on the Library Noticeboard. [More] Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Comparative Analysis, Computer Uses in Education
(1995). 1995 Summer Opportunities for American Indian Students. This document contains information on summer academic programs offered to American Indian and Alaska Native junior high and high school students. Included are mathematics and science summer programs offered to high school students by the American Indian Science and Engineering Society at universities in Oklahoma, New Mexico, Wisconsin, Iowa, Montana, California, Wisconsin, and New York. NASA offers apprenticeship opportunities in various states for minority high school students interested in math, science, or engineering. Information is also included on programs sponsored by colleges, research facilities, and Indian organizations in Alabama, Arizona, South Dakota, Colorado, District of Columbia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Rhode Island. Many programs focus on math and science, help prepare students for college, or offer opportunities to explore career possibilities. Each program listing includes a brief description, application deadline, and contact person. Four additional directories of summer programs are listed. [More] Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, American Indians, Career Exploration
(1971). Perception of Self and Others as a Function of Ethnic Group Membership. The self-images of 407 Anglo American, 157 American Indian, 300 Mexican American, and 52 Negro rural high school students in New Mexico and Texas were compared in this study. Data from an 11-item semantic differential test were grouped in terms of 3 subsets: perceptions of self, feelings about school, and social variables. Although it had been expected that the study would reveal strong perceptions of self among the Anglo Americans and weak self-concepts among the ethnic minorities, the data revealed that each ethnic group saw itself in favorable light and saw the other groups less favorably. In the document, tables of means (by ethnic group) provide results of the bipolar-adjectives test. A list of participating schools is also included. [More] Descriptors: American Indians, Anglo Americans, Blacks, Community Influence
(1994). Teaching for Diversity: An Update on State Activities. This edition of "Network" reports on state-level activities to increase diversity in the teaching force and to prepare teachers to work with increasingly diverse student populations. The studies took place in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. An overview and information on recruitment, preparation, credentialing, and contacts are provided for each state. In general, state agencies such as legislatures, higher education governance boards, and State departments of education are using a number of strategies to address diversity in teacher education. These include: (1) systemic approaches to teacher professional development; (2) multicultural courses in teacher preparation curricula; (3) financial incentives such as tuition waivers and fellowships; (4) counseling and other support services in higher education institutions; (5) encouraging collaboration among school districts, higher education institutions, and/or state education agencies; and (6) increasing the number of teacher education faculty members from different language, ethnic, and racial groups. [More] Descriptors: Credentials, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism, Educational Cooperation
(1971). The Chicanos; Mexican American Voices. Articles, fiction, and poetry that form a picture of Chicano life today are presented in this anthology of writings about Mexican Americans. Included are reminiscences of Mexican American childhood, accounts of Chicanos in the American school system, reports on strikes by Chicano workers, and poems and stories that reflect the hard realities of poverty and alienation. The book is divided into 6 sections: The Fields of the Past; La Raza in the Fields Today; The Barrios, a Growing Awareness; Education, a Way In or Out; Facing Anglo Society; and Between Two Worlds. Among the contributors are Cesar Chavez, who discusses the California grape strike; Joan Baez Harris, who describes her experiences as a Mexican American; and Reies Lopez Tijerina, who writes from prison on the Alianza activities in New Mexico. Descriptors: Anthologies, Culture Conflict, Educationally Disadvantaged, Ethnic Stereotypes
(1971). Charters, Constitutions and By-Laws of the Indian Tribes of North America, Part XII: The Basin-Plateau Tribes (cont'd.). Occasional Publications in Anthropology, Ethnology Series, No. 13. The Museum of Anthropology, University of Northern Colorado at Greeley, has assembled various American Indian tribal charters, constitutions, and by-laws to comprise a series of publications. The present volume, Part XII, is a continuation of the publication on Basin-Plateau Indian groups: the Ely Indian Colony and Reno-Sparks Indian Colony of Nevada; the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California; the Coeur d'Alene Tribe, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Kootenai Tribe, and Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho; the Confederated Tribes of Goshute Reservation and Ute Indian Tribe of Uintah and Ouray Reservation in Utah; the Ute Mountain Tribe of Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah; and the Southern Ute Tribe of Colorado. [More] Descriptors: Administrative Policy, American Indians, Governmental Structure, Laws
(1970). The Attitudes and Beliefs of Teachers Concerning the Education of American Indian Children in the Southwest. American Indian Education Papers, No. 1. Interviews with 15 groups of teachers in Arizona and New Mexico, representing 10 schools serving predominantly Indian children on or near the periphery of Indian reservations, are summarized in this report. Major areas discussed are teacher attitudes toward methods of teaching Indian students and toward Indian control of schools, as well as teacher beliefs concerning characteristics of (1) Indian students, (2) Indian parents, and (3) teachers of Indian children. Major problems identified by teachers are the lack of competence in English among Indian students and the lack of parental interest in the schools. It is concluded that the education of American Indian children in the Southwest is rigid and inflexible, that classrooms are almost totally lacking in local materials, and that schools seem unwilling to make any concessions to enlist the enthusiasm or interest of the Indian community in the education of their children. Descriptors: American Indians, Educational Problems, Interviews, Parent Participation
(1972). Access to College for Mexican Americans in the Southwest. Report of Action Conferences, July 31-August 4, 1972. Southwestern Committee for Higher Education, Survey No. 6. The College Board sponsored a series of 5 conferences in 5 southwestern cities for educators in Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas from 31 July through 4 August, 1972. The conferences were held in Phoenix, San Diego, Denver, Albuquerque, and Austin. The purpose of the conferences was to explore ways to bring about improvements in access to higher education for Mexican Americans. As a result of these conferences there were 147 recommendations, from which 30 were selected as being relevant to the entire region. The 30 recommendations of more than 200 educational leaders throughout the southwest are included in this report. These recommendations have been grouped into 4 categories: (1) recommendations to conferees, (2) recommendations to institutions, (3) recommendations to governmental agencies, and (4) recommendations to private agencies. The individual state recommendations are also included. [More] Descriptors: Admission (School), Agency Role, Conferences, Educational Development
(1995). Charter Schools: Experiments in Reform. An Update. As of October 1995, 17 states had adopted charter-school legislation. The strength and scope of charter-school laws vary greatly among states. This report describes those state statutes, including the 1995 law passed by the Texas State Legislature. It describes specific provisions of the Texas law, including the home-rule district charter, campus charters, open-enrollment charter schools, and public education grants. Charter laws passed in 1995 by the states of Louisiana, Alaska, Arkansas, Rhode Island, and Wyoming are described. The report briefly describes the status of charter schools in states with older charter laws–California, Colorado, Minnesota, New Mexico, Wisconsin, Georgia, Massachusetts, Michigan, Kansas, and Hawaii. The relative new charter law in Arizona (1994) is also described. A chart summarizing state charter-school legislation and a list of state contacts are included. [More] Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Charter Schools, Decentralization
(1996). The Voice of Our History, 1945-1995. This document presents the history of the first 50 years (1945-95) of the Mountain Plains Adult Education Association (MPAEA). The MPAEA, which includes adult education leaders from the states of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, strives to ensure that every adult is prepared for a lifetime of learning and to foster cooperation among the persons and organizations practicing or researching adult education throughout the region. Following introductory materials, including the organization's first constitution, the document contains descriptions of MPAEA's activities in year 8 (1953) through year 50 (1995). Appendices contain a list of past presidents, a list of award recipients and emeriti, the current constitution, and descriptions of scholarships available through the organization. The information comes from conference proceedings, agendas, brochures, newsletters, journals, and correspondence. Examples of these publications and photos of association events are included. [More] Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Awards, Educational History