Presentations

Reeves, K., & Hernandez-Gantes, V.M., Blank, W., & Maniphone, D. (2010). Using constructivist teaching strategies in probability and statistics. Presentation conducted at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Engineering Education, Louisville, KY., June 22.

Eison, J., Hernández-Gantes, V. M., & James, W. (2010). Choosing the right program: What applicants and prospective students need to know? 2010 Doctoral Orientation and Retreat, Adult, Career and Higher Education Department, Tampa, FL.

James, W., & Hernández-Gantes, V. M. (2010). Qualifying exams: How to study and what you need to know and expect. 2010 Doctoral Orientation and Retreat, Adult, Career and Higher Education Department, Tampa, FL.

Lasonen, J., & Hernández-Gantes, V. M. (2010). Perspectives on education and training systems in Europe and in the United States. 2010 Doctoral Orientation and Retreat, Adult, Career and Higher Education Department, Tampa, FL.

Hernandez-Gantes, V.M., & Reeves, K. (2010). Comparing traditional and constructivist approaches to teaching and learning. Innovative Teaching and Learning Workshops, Center for 21st Century Teaching Excellence (October 15th). University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

Hernandez-Gantes, V.M., & Cox, D. (2010). The German system of career and workforce education: What can we learn from it? Presentation conducted at the 44th Conference of the Florida Association for Career and Technical Education, Clearwater, FL., August 2-5.

Hernandez-Gantes, V.M., Bowles-Pierce, K., & Cox, D. (2010). Planning and implementation considerations for designing and developing career academies. Presentation conducted at the 44th Conference of the Florida Association for Career and Technical Education, Clearwater, FL., August 2-5.

Hernandez-Gantes, V.M., Leslie, T., & Smith, C. (2010). Can CTE be taught online?: Perspectives from a virtual school model and district strategies. Presentation conducted at the 44th Conference of the Florida Association for Career and Technical Education, Clearwater, FL., August 2-5.

Blank, W., & Hernandez-Gantes, V. M. (2009). Preparing students for the 21st Century's local and global economies. Presented at the Collaborative Program of the Pinellas County School District, the Pinellas Education Foundation and the USF Gus A. Stavros Center for Free Enterprise and Economic Education, Largo, Fl., January 27.

Hernandez, Victor M. & Blank, W. (2008). Moving ahead: Professional advancement in career and workforce education at USF. Presented at the annual conference of the Florida Association of Career and Technical Education, Ponte Vedra Beach, July 22-25.

Thornton, S., Cruz, B., Hernandez, V.M., Blank, W., & Keirsant, G. (2008). Teaching English Language Learners Across the Curriculum. Poster presentation on the related book-series featuring strategies for English language learners in math, social studies, technical education, and other subjects. This presentation was conducted at the USF Research Week, held in November 6th, 2008.

Lasonen, J., & Hernandez-Gantes, V.M. (2009, December). A comparison of technical education enrollment patterns in Europe and the United States. Presentation conducted at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Career and Technical Education Research, Nashville, TN.

Hernández, Victor M. & Blank, W. (2007). Top 10 Lessons Learned Delivering Online Graduate Education in Career and Workforce Education at USF. Presented at the annual conference of the Florida Association of Career and Technical Education, Jacksonville, July 30-August 2.

Hernández, Victor M., & Blank, W. (2007). Delivering Graduate Degree Programs Online: Some Things We Have Learned. Presented at the Annual Fluency in Distance Learning Conference, Clearwater, FL., May 3-4.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M. (2007). CWE@USF: Chronicle of a journey from average to great? Presentation conducted at the College of Education Development Board meeting as part of the “Educator of the Month” feature. Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, March 13.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M. (2007). My WorkSpace: An electronic platform for online sharing, discussion, and collaboration. Presentation conducted at the 2007 USF Symposium on 21st Century Teaching Technologies. Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, Marshall Center, February 28. For a full description of the project premises, results, and potential uses, you may visit the project dissemination site at My WorkSpace.

Hernández, V. M. (2006). Integrating wiki pages in online course development and delivery. Presentation conducted at the 2006 Symposium on 21st Teaching Technologies, University of South Florida, March 8, 2006.

Reese, D., Hernández, V. M., & McGee, S., Kirby, J., & Martin, J. (2005, April). Garet et al. revisited: Evaluating NASA Explorer Schools through latent variables of effective professional development. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal.

Hernández, V. M., McGee, S., & Kirby, J. (2004, April). Evaluating the quality of online professional development activities for college faculty. Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego.

Hernández, V. (2003, June). Recent development in learning theory. Invited presentation conducted at the Institute for Teaching and Learning of the Appalachian College Association, Montreat, NC.

Biance, M., & Hernández-Gantes, V. M. (2001). Using portfolios to track student progress across educational spheres. 11th Annual AIR/FSU Winter Colloquium, Tallahassee, FL, January 25-26.

Hernández, V. M. (2001). Aligning administrative educational structures. University of Torcuato di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina. (November 2001). Eight-hour workshop designed and conducted in Spanish for graduate students in educational administration.

Hernández, V. M., Sole, D., & Talley, R. (2001). New designs for the 21st Century: Career and technical education at the secondary and post secondary levels. Discussion panel led by Copa, G. & and Wolf, S. J. of Oregon State University at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE), New Orleans, LA, December 15.

Hernández, V. M. (2001). Aligning administrative educational structures. University of Torcuato di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina. (November 2001). Eight-hour workshop designed and conducted in Spanish for graduate students in educational administration.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M. (1999, December). What lies ahead for AVERA? Annual meeting of the Association for Career and Technical Education held in Orlando, Fl.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M. (1999, February). Integrating mathematics in occupational contexts. Roundtable presentation conducted at the Careers Conference: Making your future work, Madison, WI.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M. (1999, February). Do it: Working with Latino high school students. Roundtable presentation conducted at the Careers Conference: Making your future work, Madison, WI.

Phelps, L. A., Hernández-Gantes, V. M., Maidl-Pribbenow, C., & Sargent, T. (1999, April). Advancing reform from the outside: Teacher learning in settings beyond school. Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M. (1998, October). TeachNET: A professional development newt work for contextual teaching and learning. Presentation conducted at the OVAE/STW Teacher Development Contractor’s Meeting. Washington, DC.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M. (1998, February). Helping Latino high school students develop career plans. Roundtable presentation conducted at the Careers Conference, Madison, WI.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M., Burrill, J. (1998, February). Integrating mathematics and education-for-work. Workshop conducted at the Career Conference, Madison, WI.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M. (1998, April). Integrating the NCTM Standards in occupation contexts: Is there anybody there yet? Paper presented at the Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M. (1997, August). MathNet summer institute. Directed Second Summer Institute as part of MathNet training program for eight interdisciplinary instructor teams. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M., Burrill, J., & Brendefur, J. (1997, August). Integrating mathematics and education-for-work: A workshop on planning and designing integrated, NCTM standards-based curriculum. Workshop conducted as part of the Summer Staff Development Workshops offered by the Center on Education and Work. Madison, WI.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M. (1997, December). Linking the NCTM Standards and career curricula: Is there anybody there yet? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Vocational Association, Las Vegas.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M. (1997, December). Linking the NCTM Standards and career curricula: Is your school ready? Roundtable conducted at the Annual meeting of the American Vocational Association, Las Vegas.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M. (1997, August). The business incubation concept: Global possibilities for vocational technical education. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Vocational Education and Training Association (IVETA), Helsinki, Finland.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M., & Burrill, J. (1997, June). Developing standards-based mathematics in occupational contexts. Fifth National Integration of Academic and Vocational Education Conference, Beaver Creek, CO.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M., & Brendefur, J. (1997, March). Producing authentic, standards-based, integrated mathematics and vocational education curriculum. Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M. (1997, February). Linking school-to-work and the NCTM standards. Second Annual International Conference on Academic/Vocational Curriculum Integration, New Orleans, LA.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M. (1997, August). The evolution of emerging vocationalism in the United States. Presentation conducted at the International Research Seminar on vocational education models, Research Institute, Jÿvaskÿla University. Jÿvaskÿla, Finland.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M., & Sorensen, R. (1997, April). Building international cooperation in workforce education. Roundtable conducted at the Second Annual Workplace Conference in Workplace Learning, Milwaukee, WI.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M., Burrill, J., & Brendefur, J. (1997, April). Practical considerations for integrating mathematics and school-to-work curricula. Presentation conducted at the School-to-Work Peer Network Workshop, Madison, WI.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M. (1997, December). Integration II Projects: Report of MathNet project results. Annual meeting of the American Vocational Association, Las Vegas.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M. (1997, August). MathNet summer institute. Directed Second Summer Institute as part of MathNet training program for eight interdisciplinary instructor teams. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M., Burrill, J., & Brendefur, J. (1997, August). Integrating mathematics and education-for-work: A workshop on planning and designing integrated, NCTM standards-based curriculum. Workshop conducted as part of the Summer Staff Development Workshops offered by the Center on Education and Work. Madison, WI.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M. (1996, December). Integrating mathematics in education-for-work: A national network for improving teaching, curriculum, and learning. Annual meeting of the American Vocational Association, Cincinnati, OH.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M. (1996, December). Fostering economic development through partnerships with business incubators: A challenging role for post secondary education. Annual meeting of the International Vocational Education and Training Association, Cincinnati, OH.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M., & Nieri, L. (1996, December). Impact of school-to-work programs on career aspirations: A qualitative analysis of gender perspectives. Annual meeting of the American Vocational Education Research Association, Cincinnati, OH.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M., & Sanchez, D. (1996, December). Producing authentic knowledge in career-oriented programs: A qualitative analysis of students’ perspectives. Annual meeting of the American Vocational Education Research Association, Cincinnati, OH.

Hernández, V. M., & Ellibee, M. (1996, November). Grounding mathematics in an occupations context: A challenge for developing integrated curricula. 13th Work Now and in the Future (WNF 13) Conference, Portland, OR.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M., Brendefeur, J., & Berman, P. (1996, June). Grounding mathematics in occupational contexts: A challenge for developing integrated curricula. Fourth National Integration of Academic and Vocational Education Conference, Beaver Creek, CO.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M., & Nieri, L. (1996, April). Developing career and academic aspirations in school-to-work programs: A qualitative study of gender perspectives. Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M., & Sanchez, D. (1996, April). Producing knowledge in career-oriented programs: Students’ on schooling experiences. Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY, April 8-12.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M. (1995, December). The impact of career-oriented programs on post secondary aspirations: A qualitative study of students’ perspectives. Annual Meeting of the American Vocational Education Research Association, Denver, CO.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M. (1995, October). Is there life after high school? Perspectives from vocational education. Career Development and Transition International Conference, Raleigh, NC.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M., & Phelps, L. A. (1995, July). Developing career and academic aspirations: Opening new and different doors for students in school-to-work programs. National Leadership Forum on School-to-Work, Boston, MA.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M. (1995, June). Perspectives on fostering entrepreneurship in business incubation: Managers vs clients. Annual Meeting of the National Business Incubation Assoc., Scottsdale, AZ.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M. (1995, April). Voices of diversity in emerging vocationalism: Students’ perspectives on school climate. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M. (1995, April). What influences eighth grade Hispanic students' academic achievement? A structural equations analysis. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M. (1995, April). Fostering entrepreneurship for schooltobusiness transition: A challenging role for post secondary education. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M. (1994, December). Speaking about the school climate in emerging vocationalism: Voices of diversity within the schools. Annual Meeting of the American Vocational Education Research Association, Dallas, TX.

Singh, K., & Hernández-Gantes, V. M. (1994, April). The effect of English language proficiency on educational aspirations of Mexican American eighth graders: Structural analysis of NELS:88. Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M., & Nieri, A. (1994, October). Fostering economic development: Opportunities and challenges in post secondary education. Great Lakes Leadership Conference, Milwaukee, WI.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M., Nieri, A. (1994, October). Strengthening entrepreneurship in communities: An emerging role in post secondary education. Great Lakes Leadership Conference, Milwaukee, WI.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M., Jones, J., & Holub, T. (1994, October). School climate and students’ aspirations in emerging vocationalism. Great Lakes Leadership Conference, Milwaukee, WI.

Faulkner, S., & Hernández-Gantes, V. M. (1992). Research based leadership development resources: Creation and use. Commonwealth Outstanding Dissertation and Faculty Research Conference, Virginia Tech College of Education, Blacksburg, VA.

Hernández-Gantes, V. m. (1989). Women and agriculture: Differences and commonalties in two contrasting countries, Mexico and The Gambia. Fourth International Conference on Women in Development. Association for Women in Development, Washington, D.C.

Hernández-Gantes, V. m. (1985). Training women to be agriculturalists. Second International Conference on Women in Development. Association for Women in Development (AWID), Washington, D.C.

Hernández-Gantes, V. M. (1981). Strategies to develop sound research and extension programs in food production. First State Conference on Food Production. Chilpancingo, Gro., México: Guerrero State Government, Finance and Budget Department.