Characteristics of an effective strength training program are analyzed and descriptions are offered of different kinds of weight training activities. Comparisons are made between concentric, isometric, eccentric, and isokinetic training methods. The fundamentals and techniques of an exemplary training program are outlined and the organization and…

To provide assistance to South Carolina schools in developing volunteer tutorial programs, the Competency Testing Project at Winthrop College created this manual on program development. This manual is designed to be duplicated and disseminated to coordinators and tutors; and although designed for an elementary school program, it can be used as a…

A 3 year project to develop model inservice arts education training for those working with handicapped children and youth is described. Planning, design, and evaluation aspects are briefly considered. Accomplishments are listed for each of three years, and include a literature search, competency survey, newsletter, conferences, resource manuals, a…

THIRTY-FOUR PARTICIPANTS REPRESENTING THE LEADERSHIP-ACTION LEVEL OF PERSONNEL THROUGHOUT THE NATION AND FROM THE U.S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION EVALUATED THE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRAM PLANNING, AND BUDGETING SEMINARS HELD DURING 1967. GUIDELINES FOR SEMINAR EVALUATION WERE PRESENTED--(1) "RATIONALE AND RETROSPECT" BY N. EDWIN CRAWFORD, (2)…

All aspects of the Centre for Educational Television Overseas' project aimed at aiding the development of educational television in Jordan are described in brief. (LS)

This manual is designed to facilitate efficient director preparation for the Project on Team Teaching Modular Workshop. Although the director has many set responsibilities throughout the workshop, there are also many options left open in workshop design. Responsibilities are listed and options explained after an introduction. Certain workshop…

The purpose of the Career Education Personnel Model (CEPM) was to develop competency-based models for the preparation and training of education personnel (K-12) who will plan and implement career education programs at the local level. The CEPM staff identified educational personnel competencies essential to local career education programs by…

This guide to inservice teacher education in developing countries is the product of a 1-week, 1968 workshop in Nairobi (Kenya) which focused on the problem of African Member States regarding inservice training programs. The introduction provides information on those problems: difficulties pertaining to the general culture and those related to…

Focusing on the Right to Read program in Arizona for the 1970s, sections in this pamphlet concern the national Right to Read effort, the history of Right to Read in Arizona, the reality of the reading crisis, specific activities comprising Arizona's program, the proposed plan of action, the twenty local education agencies identified as Arizona's…

This project was designed to meet the following two objectives: (1) to produce a manual for educational knowledge linking change agents, and (2) to develop plans and designs for the training of educational knowledge linking change agents. This final report of the project consists of three sections, as follows: Section I. History of the…

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS ON THE ROLE OF UNIVERSITY EXTENSION IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OUTLINED PRINCIPAL ISSUES AND CURRENT PROJECTS OF THE DIVISION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY EXTENSION ASSOCIATION. ADULT EDUCATION WAS DISCUSSED, AS RELATED TO IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS UNDER TITLE 1 OF THE HIGHER…

This document briefly covers a number of topics to be considered in the planning of inservice education programs. Topics include: (1) a statement of the Ohio Education Association's (OEA) policy on inservice education and professional development; (2) an overview of inservice education and professional development programs; (3) some common…

An overview of how the need for educational technologists brought in an influx of new ideas from younger people when the Open University created a demand for technologists. (HB)

Describes a training program for the certification of substance abuse counselors produced by the Colorado Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse, the University of Denver School of Social Work, and the substance abuse practice community of Denver. Details the program, its history, and the outcomes to date of its five successful years in operation.…

Describes the five phases involved in developing military instructional systems. These phases are (1) analyze, (2) design, (3) develop, (4) implement, and (5) control. Strengths and weaknesses are explored. (CH)