Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Publication Date

5-11-1973

Abstract

The major purposes for this study were four: To ascertain by interview the language currently spoken in home and community of a given public school, and to determine the extent of use of both Spanish and English.

To identify the attitudes and wishes of parents about the use of Spanish in the public school, and about the formal teaching of Spanish.

To secure information regarding parents’ wishes for the utilization of Spanish cultural materials in the school curriculum.

To secure opinions of parents, in a stable community and across diverse vocational levels and periods of local residence, about school program content and characteristics.

Document Type

Dissertation

Language

English

Degree Name

Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Department Name

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy

First Committee Member (Chair)

Marie Morrison Hughes

Second Committee Member

Mavis Doughty Martin

Third Committee Member

Dolores Gonzales

Fourth Committee Member

Dan D. Chavez

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