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Peer reviewedCopeland, Margaret Leitch; Haldopoulos, Martha A. – Early Child Development and Care, 1988
An extensive clinical interview, public records, and a multi-faceted educational program comprised a selection and training process for caregivers who worked in children's homes. The process was designed to minimize risks for the child and family and liability for the referral agency, and to maximize employment opportunities for low-income women.…
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Child Rearing, Early Childhood Education, Employment Opportunities
Hunter, Alain; And Others – 1979
The intent of this study was to address the process of selection of an appropriate training setting based upon criteria being used by employers and educators in Illinois who plan for the vocational education of handicapped persons. Study 1, a pretest of the questionnaire, quantified the criteria for determining the better approach for training…
Descriptors: Competence, Criteria, Disabilities, Employer Attitudes
Download full textKnirk, Frederick G.; Christinaz, Daniel – 1990
Both interview and direct observation data were collected via on-site visits with the training directors at 22 U.S. training centers which had been identified as the best training facilities in order to examine why the instructional methods, techniques, and media changes in use had been tried and adopted, and to identify the trends these methods…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Distance Education
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 2003
The General Accounting Office (GAO) examined private-sector workforce training practices for information technology (IT) and non-IT professionals. Data were collected from the following sources: a literature review; discussions with academic and professional authorities; interviews with executives and managers at leading companies regarding their…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, Corporate Education, Delivery Systems
Every, Anne; Young, Metta – 2002
The issues of language, literacy, and numeracy (LL&N) in Aboriginal health worker (AHW) training in Australia were explored to determine how these issues interrelate, overlap, and influence the types of literacy practices required in indigenous contexts. Data were collected through two workshops and formal and informal discussions with a…
Descriptors: Aboriginal Australians, Academic Standards, Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators
Rothwell, William J. – 2002
This book explains how work organizations can create a workplace climate that encourages real-time, on-the-job learning and development of competent workplace learners, who are wiling and able to seize the initiative for identifying their own learning experiences and evaluating the results. The following are among the topics discussed: (1) the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Learning, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style
