Wayne Holm
Biographic Data
| ID | 5645220 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wayne Holm |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wayne |
| FAMILY NAME | Holm |
| SIGNATURE | HOLM W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Navajo Nation Division of Health |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Tsehootsoofdi Olta' gi Dine Bizaad Bihoo'aah
Navajo Language Education
Holm and Holm have been involved as practitioners and action-researchers in Navajo language education for over 30 years. Here they describe the growth and development of bilingual education on the Navajo Reservation, and resultant outcomes for Navajo students, educators and communities. From the groundbreaking efforts in bilingual education at Rock Point, to recent work in Navajo immersion programs, this article shows not only how learning is med…
Rock Point, A Navajo Way to Go to School
Roughly two-thirds of school-age Navajo children now attend public schools; roughly a quarter still attend federal schools. Since the mid-1950s, the federal government has put large amounts of money into effecting a shift on the Navajo Reservation from smaller one-community federal schools to larger multicommunity public schools on the Navajo Reservation. The federal schools that remain have become multicommunity boarding schools. The public scho…
Three Functional Tests of Oral Proficiency
This paper is a description of three experimental tests that attempt to measure communicative competence. The Spanish-English Dominance Assessment Test was developed to permit assignment of sixand sevenyear-old children to appropriate streams in a New Mexico school with a bilingual education program. The Navajo-English Dominance Interview, also intended to be used with six-year-olds beginning school, was used to validate teacher ratings in a stud…
Navajo Language Education
Holm and Holm have been involved as practitioners and action-researchers in Navajo language education for over 30 years. Here they describe the growth and development of bilingual education on the Navajo Reservation, and resultant outcomes for Navajo students, educators and communities. From the groundbreaking efforts in bilingual education at Rock Point, to recent work in Navajo immersion programs, this article shows not only how learning is med…
Rock Point, A Navajo Way to Go to School
Roughly two-thirds of school-age Navajo children now attend public schools; roughly a quarter still attend federal schools. Since the mid-1950s, the federal government has put large amounts of money into effecting a shift on the Navajo Reservation from smaller one-community federal schools to larger multicommunity public schools on the Navajo Reservation. The federal schools that remain have become multicommunity boarding schools. The public scho…
Three Functional Tests of Oral Proficiency
This paper is a description of three experimental tests that attempt to measure communicative competence. The Spanish-English Dominance Assessment Test was developed to permit assignment of sixand sevenyear-old children to appropriate streams in a New Mexico school with a bilingual education program. The Navajo-English Dominance Interview, also intended to be used with six-year-olds beginning school, was used to validate teacher ratings in a stud…
Three Functional Tests of Oral Proficiency
This paper is a description of three experimental tests that attempt to measure communicative competence. The Spanish-English Dominance Assessment Test was developed to permit assignment of sixand sevenyear-old children to appropriate streams in a New Mexico school with a bilingual education program. The Navajo-English Dominance Interview, also intended to be used with six-year-olds beginning school, was used to validate teacher ratings in a stud…
Rock Point, A Navajo Way to Go to School
Roughly two-thirds of school-age Navajo children now attend public schools; roughly a quarter still attend federal schools. Since the mid-1950s, the federal government has put large amounts of money into effecting a shift on the Navajo Reservation from smaller one-community federal schools to larger multicommunity public schools on the Navajo Reservation. The federal schools that remain have become multicommunity boarding schools. The public scho…
Navajo Language Education
Holm and Holm have been involved as practitioners and action-researchers in Navajo language education for over 30 years. Here they describe the growth and development of bilingual education on the Navajo Reservation, and resultant outcomes for Navajo students, educators and communities. From the groundbreaking efforts in bilingual education at Rock Point, to recent work in Navajo immersion programs, this article shows not only how learning is med…
Tsehootsoofdi Olta' gi Dine Bizaad Bihoo'aah
Archaeology (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (3 works) · Navajo (3 works) · History (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Reservation (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)