For over 10 years, and prior to the release of the 2020 NASP standards, school psychology faculty at California State University, Long Beach have sought to broaden the training and preservice experiences of our students in consultation and systems change. The coauthors sought and obtained federal funding to provide scholarships for our students to…

This project engages in the cultural exegesis of digital technology for the benefit of training men and women for Christian service in a world shaped by the presence of technologies like smart phones and social media. The author developed a course dedicated to teaching students at an undergraduate Bible college to apply the words of Paul in 2…

School principals should lead for social change, particularly in support of vulnerable or marginalized students. An important social justice issue in which principals must provide strong leadership, but may not be adequately prepared in university training, is creating positive and inclusive school environments for lesbian, gay, transgender,…

The Summer Curriculum Writing Institute (SCWI) supports graduates of a university-based teacher education program during the induction years and beyond with the aim of impacting teacher quality. The purpose of this article is to describe the development, goals, research, and lessons learned during SCWI from 2005-12. The week focuses around the…

Any organization with a comprehensive training program has a leadership development curriculum. These programs include everything from conventional classroom learning with guest speakers to high-tech simulations and lavish retreats. There also may be mentorship thrown in, as well as multiple job rotations. Despite the well-rounded curricula, many…

Teacher education and professional development prepare teachers with up-to-date knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary for effective teaching. To sustain this, however, hinges on continued professional learning within schools. Research shows that establishing long-term conditions that allow teachers to learn continuously from one another…

This review focuses on the relationship between theoretical knowledge and professional practice within pharmacy education. The discussion takes two different approaches to examine the selected literature. The first approach is concerned with how curriculum changes may potentially contribute to the improvement of professional practice. This…

This contribution aims at informing readers about a current education and training design approach which is based on theory building and practical experience. It is about the development of comprehensive competence-based education, which is different from earlier attempts to develop competence-based education. In many education development…

An approach to curriculum planning is illustrated by examining the way a training program for stewardesses was developed. (LS)

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 this paper the affective domain entails provision for the growth of attitudes and behaviors that deal with feelings, emotions, values, and in general the personal concerns of students. Its place in curriculum can emerge from an exploration of the following questions: To what extent can we identify and describe a distinct affective curriculum?…

The Music Educators National Conference sponsored a 3-day intensive research training program in 1969 to prepare participants for research in curriculum development and evaluation. Major objectives of the program, in which 222 music educators participated, were to train each participant to be able to (1) write an educationally useful statement of…

Realistic specific objectives can be derived only from a rigorous analysis of needs in terms of skills, attitudes, and knowledge, and by a full participation of all teachers. One approach for defining aims of psychiatric education in England is described. (LBH)

This manual is designed to assist in the development of a criminal justice agency training program. The first chapter is a discussion of various learning principles (motivation, practice, reinforcement, and learning transfer) and how they may help the trainer select instructional strategies later in the process. Administration, trainer, and…