This manual presents a systematic way to elicit and interpret life style. The definition of life style used is one proposed by Adler that views the life style of any individual as a singular pattern of thinking, feeling, and acting that is unique to that individual and that represents the context in which all specific manifestations have to be…

This final report, a process evaluation, describes the Advanced Job Skills Training Project and the methodology the project used to develop competency-based training for child protective services specialists during their first 2 years of employment. A background section focuses on the managed staff development model, planning requirements, and the…

Documented volunteer experience can be a valuable tool for the individual who volunteers as well as for the organization for which the volunteer works. Current trends point toward the heightened need for validating volunteer experience. Recordkeeping systems can help facilitate effective placement of all volunteers according to their interests,…

Solomon Henry Clark's 1895 address entitled "The New Elocution," focused on the denigration of elocution as an academic discipline, its fall from favor with universities, and the worn, tired, and reductive methods of teaching which he saw around him. Clark's vision--as he stated in his 1915 address and book entitled "Interpretation…

The author attempts to (1) sensitize teachers to the difficulties of teaching adults, (2) review components of the learning process, and (3) give a prospectus for an adult learning theory and supportive instructional theory and strategies that enable classroom teachers to reach every adult learner in the class. (CH)

Notes that professionals in need of information often turn to reviews in professional journals. Explains how the review process is supposed to work. Discusses three areas of potential problems and abuses: selection of the wrong reviewer, writing an unsatisfactory review, and the editor's failure to correct either of these problems. Offers…

This paper reviews the relationships between educational research, educational innovation, and teaching in the Netherlands in light of several large-scale innovations in the Dutch educational system over the past ten years. (MT)

Considers the necessity for family scientists to review and evaluate public policies and legislation relevant to the family. Suggests that framework for statutory analysis may aid this task and presents an example of a statutory analysis of adolescent pregnancy legislation using such a framework. Discusses the usefulness of statutory analysis for…

Describes levels of thinking in geometry defined by Pierre van Hiele and Dina van Hiele-Geldof and discusses recent research on geometry learning levels among sixth and ninth graders. (GC)

Explores issues related to testing and certification of social workers and discusses the National Association of Social Workers' experience in the assessment of competence. Explores formulation of definitions, determination of standards, and construction of quality instruments. (JAC)

Describes a program designed to train advanced family therapists in the conceptual and technical skills of family therapy supervision. Elaborates upon the content, overall organization, and contextual influences in the complex enterprise of training family therapy supervisors in a program that emphasizes the live observation of the…

Various lifeguard training courses are described, with emphasis on the Red Cross' new lifeguard training. Sources of information about the training programs are given. (MT)

Examines the stages through which trainees pass on their way to the development of competency in working with clients of dissimilar racial or ethnic background. Proposes a model which provides an appropriate learning environment for each stage. (JAC)

Proposes a comprehensive approach for continuing education for social workers. This ecological model takes into account critical staff participation at various levels as well as important phases of the staff development process. (JAC)

Explores the problems involved in conducting program evaluation in the field of energy conservation. Highlights similarities between evaluation research and basic research. Examines stages of evaluation research within the context of energy conservation programs and argues that experimental evaluations are desirable and feasible. (Author/MK)