Purpose. The purpose of this study was to discover how coach training experts define coaching and what they would identify to be the essential components of a coach training program for mental health professionals. Methods. A panel of nine experts, through an iterative Delphi process of responding to three rounds of questionnaires, provided…

The paper attempts to describe the training methods used in large industrial organizations in which the behavioral objective approach places emphasis upon what the trainee learns. (Author/AG)

The author provides a description of industrial training for 1974 in terms of training techniques, course development, and facilities for training. That description is presented in terms of a letter written in 1974, placed in a time capsule, and reviewed in the year 2024. (KP)

In a discussion on amplified objectives in language evaluation, this paper delineates various strands of contextual input that constitute the design of a language program. Philosophical, sociocultural, and psychological aspects are included. Amplified objectives are discussed in the context of domain-referenced language testing and program…

The twelve characteristics of an ideal training course discussed in the article are based on the workshop course Criterion-Referenced Instruction: Analysis, Design and Implementation by Bob Mager and Peter Pipe. Behavioral objectives, provision for student differences, practice, feedback, diverse materials, and progress information are some of the…

Describes "Nurse as Counsellor," a counseling course designed at the University of Windsor for registered nurses. An experiential learning model was applied to the course design, and an example of one student's experience is presented. This experiential model could be applied to counselor education in any professional discipline. (LKS)

By the end of the next decade the computer industry will have become the third largest industry in the world. However there exist large gaps in computer knowledge, skills, and understanding at the management level. An incompany training course to alleviate this situation is described. (DS)

Discusses an experimental project with a prelim group of students of Russian undertaken in order to incorporate various skills into the teaching environment. These skills include keyboard competence, time management, group interaction, and personal presentation. The project was a success; all participants improved in their Russian. (five…

The paper id divided into five parts, introduced by the research rationale and a definition of the DACUM (Designing a Curriculum) approach to curriculum, learning, and evaluation in occupational training. As a process, DACUM is a group-accomplished occupational subject area skills analysis; as a product, it is a graphic representation of those…

Based on evaluation of nine Brazilian educational television centers, an Instructional Television Training Model (ITV) was developed to aid in determining and designing training requirements for instructional television systems. Analysis based on this model would include these tasks: (1) determine instructional purpose of the television…

The purpose of this publication is to provide information on the paramedical training of health care personnel in the military. For each military branch, the courses, with appropriate codes, are listed in a table. Objectives of providing this information are: (1) To stimulate the interest of nursing service administrators in tapping this manpower…

A study was conducted to determine what is being done to develop leadership capabilities of first-line supervisors. Data was collected through interviews, examinations of company training literature, and primary resource materials at 125 manufacturing plants in fifty states which, in the aggregate, employ more than 155,000 production workers and…

If the foreign language teaching profession is to succeed in developing and using better and more pertinent means of evaluating student achievement (and, consequently, of measuring its own instructional effectiveness), teachers at every level must reexamine testing and evaluation procedures and those engaged in research and development must…

Objectives in the teaching of modern languages are enumerated, and their bearing on content and methodology is pointed out. Practical (communication), educational, cultural, and formative objectives are identified and their appropriateness for different educational levels and teaching conditions is discussed. References to second language learning…

This two-part manual for college teachers of education is designed to provide information about individualized instruction along with resources for teaching a unit on it. Part 1, a general introduction to individualized instruction in teacher education, contains discussion of background historical development in the area of independent study;…