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University of Nevada, Las Vegas

The status of speech communication in the Clark County high schools

Abstract

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The Clark County School District has implemented the communication strand within the high school English curriculum. Its objectives and activities provide instructional guidelines for teacher use within the classroom situation. This study surveyed high school English teachers and found that the majority of teachers did little or nothing to incorporate speech in their curriculum. The principal reasons given were lack of time, lack of materials, and inadequate university preparation. The study also found newer teachers were more receptive to changes that would allow them to include speech in the curriculum than are veteran teachers; Most teachers support speech education but as an elective, not a requirement, of the curriculum.

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Arts (MA)
Level thesis:degree_level
Thesis
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Communication Studies
Grantor dc:publisher
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Year
1993

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Washington-Lindsey, Rheba C
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Gage Chapel

Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • IN COPYRIGHT. For more information about this rights statement, please visit http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Language dc:language
English

Identifiers

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OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:oasis.library.unlv.edu:rtds-1325

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2026-07-24
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citation

Washington-Lindsey, Rheba C. The status of speech communication in the Clark County high schools. Thesis thesis, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1993. https://doi.org/10.25669/xqhk-05q3