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Download full textBelcher, Rebecca Newcom – 1995
This paper examines the knowledge and acceptance level of special and general education teachers and administrators regarding inclusive education within the rural and diverse state of New Mexico. While inclusive education of disabled students has gained widespread support, little attention has been paid to program implementation within a rural and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Change, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedStile, Stephen W.; Wirth, Paul A. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1987
Two surveys were conducted to determine perceptions of administrators and teachers regarding the impact of Public Law 94-142 on programs for severely handicapped children in New Mexico's small, rural school districts. One year after the infusion of federal funding, 55 percent of the respondents perceived no improvement in the level of services.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Belcher, Rebecca Newcom; Cole, Jack T.; D'Alonzo, Bruno J. – 1996
A survey of 39 special and general education teachers and administrators from 7 New Mexico towns assessed their knowledge and acceptance level of fully inclusive education within the rural, culturally and linguistically diverse state. The results were analyzed by two subpopulations, general and special education teachers, and the total population…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Educational Attitudes, Educational Needs
Wirth, Paul A.; And Others – 1983
A New Mexico study interviewed 1 special education teacher and 1 administrator from each of 17 small rural school districts, via a 65-item interview guide related to staff development needs. Lack of staff development activities was identified as a critical problem for special educators. Training in instructional technology was the most frequently…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Educational Technology
Reece, Jerald L. – 1984
To determine perceptions of school board members, teachers, and principals in rural schools about the quality of their educational programs, the type of preparation they had received in preservice programs, and the inservice opportunities available to them, responses to questionnaires from 2,028 teachers, 119 principals, and 113 school board…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Boards of Education, Educational Attainment, Educational Attitudes
Hadfield, Oakley D.; Lillibridge, Fred – 1991
Levels of achievement and participation in both school mathematics and school science remain unacceptable throughout most of the nation. Addressing these concerns has unique and specific ramifications for small rural schools, particularly with respect to the economic aspects of providing the materials and manipulatives necessary for hands-on…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Science
