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Audio recording clip of interview with Dr. Agnes Lockette by Shannon Smith, February 26, 1980

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Part of an interview with Dr. Agnes Lockette by Shannon Smith on February 6, 1980. Lockette describes developing the early childhood education program at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and describes challenges in the Las Vegas public school systems during the population boom of the 1950s.At the present time. What exactly do you do? I'm responsible for early childhood education. I'm an associate professor of early childhood education and I'm responsible for teaching all the courses in early childhood education. Since I arrived at UNLV as a full-time faculty member, I developed the early childhood curriculum. When I came to UNLV we only had two courses in early childhood, but now we have a total of seven courses, five undergraduate courses and two graduate courses. So we're moving along quite well in developing that part of the curriculum. Sounds like you were very influential in that program. It's a very good program, obviously. Have you noticed in the last—what, twenty years you've been here? Well, almost like thirty years. Thirty years. I'm sorry. Have you noticed any dramatic changes or just subtle changes that have taken place in the education program? Oh, I noticed a lot of dramatic changes both at UNLV and in the public schools. When I first came to Las
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Keywords

  1. African American Teachers
  2. African Americans
  3. College Teachers
  4. Education, Higher

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