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An Investigation Of The Interests Of Intermediate Grade Children Of Fresno, California, Public Schools In The Teaching Materials Of The Social Sciences, Beulah Vandament

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study (1) to investigate the interests of elementary school children of the intermediate grades in the social studies teaching materials; (2) to compare the interests of children in certain materials with the frequency of the materials' utilization as made by a group of intermediate grade teachers; and (3) to suggest a usage or grade placement of specific materials, if there is a decided indication, in accord with these findings.

A History Of The Negro Oklahoma Interscholastic Athletic Association, Moses F. Miller

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study is to produce an accurate record of events in the formation and development of the Negro Oklahoma Interscholastic Association, in order that those responsible for its purposes and policies may use these experiences as a guide in present and future situations. Incidental to this record 1) trends in the development of the association will be determined; 2) comparison will be made with similar associations in the other states; and 3) causes and reasons will be given for the establishment, continued existence, and growth and development of the organization with which this study is concerned.

A Historical Study Of Education In Lincoln County, Fermin S. Montes

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Statement of the problem. It is the purpose of this study to trace the development of public education in the Lincoln County from 1869, when the county was created, to the modern school of 1948. The writer will discuss the educational opportunities in an area where bandits became famous, and where men fought men in an effort to exist. Through limited, education was carried on even in the midst of Indian massacres and the "Lincoln County Wars."

An Analysis Of Public School Finance In New Mexico For Three Selected Years Of The Decade 1937-38 To 1947-48, William Laurence Ullom

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study is four-fold: (1) to synthesize previous studies related to the sources of revenue comprising the common school fund of New Mexico; (2) to analyze each component source of revenue of the common school fund for the ten-year period 1938 to 1948 and determine the amount derived from each and the trends revealed; (3) to analyze the distribution of the common school fund revenues for the ten-year period 1938 to 1948 and compute the expenditures for each type of school service; and (4) to compare by counties the distribution of funds according to the average daily …

A History And Appraisal Of The Colored Teachers' State Association Of Texas, Horace Alexander Young Jr.

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study (1) to present the historical background and development of the Colored Teachers' Association; (2) to analyze its aims and objectives; and (3) to survey the organization, plans, and activities by which the association is attempting to achieve these aims and objectives.

A Survey Of Music Education In New Mexico, Rollie V. Heltman

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Throughout the ages, man has found music to be essential in voicing his own innate sense of beauty. Music is not a thing apart from man; it is the spiritualized expressions of his finest and best inner self.

The History Of Preschool Education In Albuquerque, Velma May Mills

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study 1) to relate a history of the preschools in Albuquerque, including kindergartens, nurseries, and day care centers; 2) to present a clear physical and educational picture of the preschools in operation now in Greater Albuquerque; and 3) to summarize the preschool movement in Albuquerque, giving recommendations as to setting up some standards of operation that are acceptable to authorities in the childhood development field.

An Appraisal Of School District Consolidation In Bernalillo County, New Mexico, Thomas M. Wiley

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study (1) to trace school consolidation in Bernalillo County and (2) to show the improvement in educational opportunities through consolidation.

The History Of Public Secondary Education In New Mexico, Clyde R. Hardisty

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study (1) to show the origin and slowly evolving development of public secondary education in the territorial days; (2) to trace the development of public secondary education from 1912 to 1946; and (3) to present the important facts of this development and the influences that brought it about.

Business Education In The High Schools Of New Mexico, Doris Bledsoe Sherman

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study is three-fold. Each division resolves itself into a definite problem. The first problem is to determine (1) the size and number of high schools in the state of New Mexico offering business subjects, (2) what business subjects are taught and at what grade levels they offered, (3) the number of students enrolled in business subjects, and (4) what types of office machines are used for instructional purposes.

The Administration Of Janitorial Service In New Mexico Public Schools, Harold Q. Vance

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study (1) to collect and evaluate data concerning the selection and payment of janitorial personnel in New Mexico; (2) to learn whether there are any salary schedules or plans for salary advancement for janitorial services in use within the state; (3) to present those tendencies which point toward uniformity both in the selection and payment of school custodians throughout the state; and (4) to suggest, after evaluating the present conditions, certain recommendations concerning the status of the public school janitor in New Mexico

The Prediction Of Academic Success In The University Of New Mexico College Of Engineering From Data Available During The Students' First Semester Of Enrollment, John J. Wittich

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this investigation is to determine with what degree of certainty the achievement of freshman in the college of Engineering at the University of New Mexico can be predicted from an analysis of data available during their first semester of enrollment in college. These data are (1) high-school achievement as indicated by teachers' marks over a four year period; (2) scores made on a battery of psychological and achievement tests administered at the time of enrollment in the University; and (3) college success attained in the first semester as indicated by semester marks.

A History Of The Teaching Of Reading In The Elementary Grades In Albuquerque Public Schools, Esther Hossmann

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The problem of this study is to show how the present methods of teaching reading in the public elementary schools of Albuquerque, New Mexico, have developed. It is proposed to try to trace the changes in aims, methods, and materials in the teaching of reading in these schools from their establishment in 1891 to the present time, 1947. The result should give the reader a story of the historical development of the teaching of reading in this particular school system.

History Of Mountain View School, Thelma Loudon Hayes

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study (1) to relate the unusual early history of Mountain View School; (2) to show the steady advancement in education of the local community; (3) to present the value of this undertaking in regard to adult educational and social benefits as well as pupil benefits; and (4) to determine what benefits a community derives from possessing a good elementary school.

The Financial Administration Of Extracurricular Activities In The Public High Schools Of New Mexico, Frank Edmund Graham

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

This study has as its purpose the investigation of methods currently practiced in raising funds to provide for the financial support of extracurricular activities in the public high schools of New Mexico. Of these plans the most feasible are proposed for the use of those responsible for the financial administration of extracurricular activities.

A History Of The Oklahoma Association Of Negro Teachers, Jeanette C. Miller

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The steady growth in the Negro school population has brought a correspondingly increasing interest by Negro educators in raising the standard of education in the race. The educators saw the need for education association which would unite them for a common cause, that of helping to secure for the Negro child more adequate school facilities, and advancing them educationally. This study deals with a history of one such organization and its aims and objectives in fostering a program of education for the Negros in the state of Oklahoma.

Teachers' Leaves Of Absence For Cultural Purposes And Exchange, Eleanor Janice Beck

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study is to make a detailed inquiry into the matter of granting teachers' leaves of absence for cultural purposes and exchange in representative public school systems of the United States, with special reference to the prevalence of the practice and the administrative details involved in the handling of the program.

A Survey Of Art Education In The Secondary Schools Of New Mexico, Eugene Lincoln Thomson

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study to evaluate the art program as it exists today in the secondary schools of New Mexico. More than simply a survey of statewide conditions, this study will also present some suggestions for an art curriculum in schools not now offering art, together with recommended physical facilities and qualifications of the instructor.

The art program which is investigated in this study does not embrace the arts of music or the dance. Reference to the fields of drama and household arts shall be restricted to such items as stagecraft, costume design, and interior decoration. Quality …

Teacher Participation In The Formulation Of Administrative Policies In The Public Schools Of New Mexico, Clarence Elvin Walter

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study is to determine the degree of active teacher participation in formulating certain administrative policies in the municipal and independent rural public schools of New Mexico.

Contributions Of Catholic Religious Orders To Public Education In New Mexico Since The American Occupation, Frederick Mason Bacon

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

This study is intended (1) to explain how it came to pass that religious orders have been conducting public schools in New Mexico, (2) to reveal the outcome of controversies or litigation involving claims of illegality in the practice, and (3) to present the contributions of Catholic religious orders to public education in New Mexico since the American occupation by offering a brief history of the public schools which they have conducted.

A History Of The Public Schools Of Durango, Colorado, Cecil Morgan Mckinley

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The aim of this study is to record the growth of the public schools of Durango, Colorado, from 1881 to 1944. It is a chronological history, with stress on the problems encountered with the establishing and developing of the school system. The biographies of the schools' administrators, found in the appendix, have a part in explaining the growth and achievements of the Durango Schools.

The material in this school history offers lessons to the educator and the layman. Since no two public schools travel exactly the same path of growth, a narrative of an additional school system adds some practical …

Contributions Of The Dominican Sisters Of Grand Rapids, Michigan To The Education In New Mexico, Sister Maura Mcdonald O.P.

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study to present the data now available appertaining to the Dominican Sisters of Grand Rapids, Michigan, in New Mexico and to evaluate their work in the light of improvements in the educational, economic, cultural, and social conditions of these various communities.

A Critical Analysis Of Report Cards Used In New Mexico, John Robert Grove

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Many of the ties that used to bind the home and school are gone. The home and the school no longer have the feeling of intimacy that prevailed between them two hundred years ago. In the early American schools it was possible for the teacher to know the parents of nearly every child in the school room. Since this possibility no longer exists in the same degree, some link must be evolved to connect both the home and the school; some method to take the place of meetings on the street or conversations after prayer meeting must be organized to …

The Administration Of Equitation In The Colleges And Universities Of The Southwest, Birdie Bryan West

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study is to determine the status and extent of instruction in equitation in the colleges and universities of the southwest.

The History Of Saint Vincent Academy, Sister Florita French

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study to write a complete history of Saint Vincent Academy from the coming of the Sisters of Charity to the west, in 1865, to the present.

Status Of The Classroom Teacher In Taos County, New Mexico, Arthur Cadmus Davis

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this investigation, as stated in the opening chapter, is to explore the status of the classroom teachers employed in Taos County, New Mexico. In the past five chapters an analysis of the data from those teachers participating has been made, averages computed, and tendencies noted.

A Study Of The Choice Of Level Of Occupation In Relation To Achievement On The New Mexico Statewide Test Of Academic Achievement., Mildred L. Pierce

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The problem studied in this thesis is the relation of the level of occupational choice to the level of achievement on a general scholarship test administered to high school seniors by the University of New Mexico in 1941.

An Analysis Of The School Bond Transcript In New Mexico, M. E. Linton

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study to bring together all the laws pertaining to, or having a bearing on the issuance of school bonds, analyze them as to content, and recommend a transcript outline which should greatly simplify the legal procedures.

A History Of The Public Schools Of Raton, New Mexico, Carson Creecy

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Educational literature is singularly lacking in studies of the actual development of typical school systems. This raises the question of whether such a study would be of any value as a contribution to educational literature. If the interest manifested by all school people who had a part in the preparation of this study can be used as a measure, then both an interest and a need are felt.

The Division Of Responsibility In The Financial Administration Of Municipal And Independent Schools In New Mexico, Horace P. Brunell

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study (1) to learn as nearly as possible the different procedures followed in the handling of all fiscal items in the municipal schools of New Mexico; (2) to compare those procedures with those recommended by accepted present-day authorities upon financial phases of public school administration; and (3) to make such recommendations as may secure a greater degree of uniformity and increased efficiency in the field of fiscal procedure in the municipal schools of New Mexico.