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Contact: Dr. Roy E. Howard

505 722 3389

rhoward@wnmu.org

Roy E. Howard, Ph.D.
Professor/Advisor
Bilingual Education/TESOL

Areas of Specialization
Bilingual Teacher Education (Policy & Practice) (Teacher Training)
Language and Culture (Community Culture) (Music)
Distance Education and Technology for Teacher Preparation

Academic Degrees
Ph.D. University of New Mexico 1987
Bilingual Education, Teacher Education, Music Education
M.A. University of New Mexico 1985
Multicultural Education, Music, Language Arts
M.A. Eastern Washington University 1982
Music Education, Reading
B.A.
Brigham Young University 1974
Elementary Education, Music, Spanish, Aerospace Studies

Current Projects
Transcriptions of Traditional New Mexico Music in Navajo and Spanish
Movies of New Mexico Cultural topics
Internet for Curriculum, and Webmaster
State and National Associations for Bilingual Education

Current Courses

Cross Cultural Patterns
Second Language Teaching: Theory and Methodology
English Phonology
Introduction to Linguistics
Indo-Hispanic Culture
ESL Literacy
Education in a Pluralistic Society
Integration of Technology in the Curriculum

Additional Graduate and Undergraduate Courses Taught since 1982

Internet for Classroom Instruction
Multimedia Production for Educators
Technology Basics for Educators
Leadership for Secondary ESL
Leadership for Elementary ESL
Education in a Pluralistic Society
Bilingual Methodology and Materials
Teaching of Reading in Spanish
Family Empowerment
Directed Research
History and Philosophy of Education
First and Second Language Acquisition
Curriculum and Materials Development for Teaching English as a Second Language
Classroom Management in the Bilingual Setting
Research
Dissertation
Practicum in Bilingual Education and ESL
Teaching the Multilingual/multicultural Student
Foundations of Bilingual Education
Dual Language and Cognitive Development
Sociocultural Considerations for Teaching
Teaching Language and Literature to the Bilingual Adolescent
Student Teaching in the Elementary School
Student Teaching for Early Childhood Education
Jr. Block Methods, Student Teaching
Advanced Field Experience in Navajo Bilingual Education
Curriculum and Materials Development in Bilingual Ed
Adult Beginning Class Guitar, Elementary Lab School Beginning Guitar

Link to Curriculum Vitae