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Vocational Choices Of Clovis, New Mexico , High School Graduates According To Intelligence And The Occupational Level Of Their Parents, Elsie Therma Litchfield

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study is to investigate the vocational choices of graduates of Clovis High School. Data and conclusions bearing on the following three questions are presented.

1) What percentage of the graduates select each of the several occupational levels?

2) What relationship obtains between the intelligence and the vocational choices of the graduates?

3) Are the vocational levels of the parents of the graduates an indicator of the vocational choices of these graduates, especially when intelligence of the latter is taken into consideration?

Desirability Of State-Adopted Textbooks For New Mexico High Schools, Reb Leroy Villard

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is possible that uniformity of textbooks might tend to simplify the matter of supervision but there are other educational factors which should be attempted. It appears reasonable, therefore, to attempt to answer this question: Would uniform state-adopted textbooks for high schools of New Mexico be desirable from an educational and practical point of view?

To present an answer to the above question is the main purpose of the present investigation. Answers to the following three specific questions would seem to furnish a substantial basis for answering the principal question indicated: (1) What is the opinion of leaders in the …

Analysis And Evaluation Of State Retirement Systems For Teachers, Including A Study Of Trends, John A. Huff

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study is to present data which would be helpful to those who are confronted with the problem of drafting a state retirement system for teachers. Information will be presented showing present practices and trends in state retirement systems for teachers, and to point out the strong and weak points of the system now in operation.

School Enrollment In New Mexico Including Comparisons Of School Enrollment In New Mexico With The In The United States And Certain States, Richard Arnold Bruce

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this investigation is to study school enrollment in New Mexico. In addition to analyzing school enrollment in the state from 1850 to 1930, inclusive, comparisons of enrollment in the several counties of New Mexico are made; and school enrollment in New Mexico is compared with that in the United States as a whole, the Rocky Mountain States, and certain Southwestern States.

Costs In The Senior Seminaries Of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints, Harold S. Nelson

Theses and Dissertations

Stated in the form of a question, the problem of this study is: What are the expenditures and costs of senior seminaries in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints?

Specifically, this study proposes to answer the following secondary questions which are relevant to the problem:
(1) What are the expenditures for the establishment, maintenance, and "current expense" of the senior seminaries in the Church of Jesus Chrsit of Latter Day Saints?
(2) What are the certain "unit-costs" in the senior seminaries?

Comparison Of The Legal Status Of County School Superintendents And City School Superintendents, With Emphasis Upon Superintendents Of New Mexico, John L. Gill

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study to determine the legal status which has been accorded to city school superintendents and county school superintendents in the several states, to compare the status of one with that of the other, and to evaluate each in the light of the recommendations of authorities in educational administration. Emphasis will be placed upon the provisions of the New Mexico Statutes relative to the status of county school superintendents and city school superintendents.

New Mexico School Laws, E.L. Enloe

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

In this thesis I have arranged the laws under the departments of statutory, constitutional, institutional and organic laws. After each department will be found an index arranged topically and analytically. The laws governing the state educational institutions are separately arranged and carefully indexed. I have also appended and indexed supreme court opinions upon all litigated matters of school law.

New Mexico Schools From 1581 To 1846, Rufus Atwood Palm Jr.

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this thesis, accordingly, is to collect and arrange the most authentic information available, from secondary sources, on the schools of New Mexico during the Spanish and the Mexican administration, 1581 to 1821 and 1821 to 1846 respectively.

Particular effort will be made to trace the establishment and the progress of the schools during these periods and to determine the methods of maintenance, as well as the nature of the schools. Also, an attempt will be made to determine to what extent education in New Mexico was of a religious nature and linked with the history of the …

The Place Of Private And Church Schools In The Education Of The State, Anna Elizabeth Falls

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

In considering the relation of the private, parochial and denominational schools to the education of the State, it is well to bear in mind Sargent's statement that in that last analysis there is no such thing as a private school; that all schools are doing a public work, the work of the community in educating prospective citizens. It is this fact, that education in our American democracy has for its aim the making of a progressive and stable nation through efficiently trained citizens, each in his individual capacity and through his individual interests, that makes the problem of education difficult …

Analysis Of New Mexico State School Laws, John Seyfried

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The analysis that follows does not purport to do what only a state-wide survey could properly do, that is, treat fully and minutely the New Mexico public school situation. The real intent is to occasion serious thought on the larger problems of the way for an expert state survey, preliminary to more constructive action. The extent that school problems may be treated herein is limited by the fact that only such time, effort, and other resources were at the writer’s disposal as are commonly available in the preparation of a thesis to be submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements …

The Origin And Development Of The Office Of City Superintendent With A Discussion Of The Powers And Duties Belonging To The Office, William James Mckone

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

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The Role Of The School Principal In Motivating Female Teachers Of First Cycle Schools In Ajman Educational Zone In The United Arab Emirates As Seen By Teachers, And Its Relationship To Teachers' Attitudes Towards The Teaching Profession, Asma Sultan Mohammad Saleh Al Khawwar

Theses

This study aims to identify the reality of the role of the school principal to motivate female teachers in the first cycle schools in the Ajman Educational Zone as seen by teachers, and its relationship to teachers' attitude towards the teaching profession. This study will also show the relationship between academic qualifications and experiences as independent variables and attitudes of teachers towards the teaching profession as dependant variable.

The researcher prepared the questionnaire which consisted of three main axes, the first axis deals with the reality of the roles of the school principal, while the second axis has dealt with …