Outlines the production philosophy that lay behind the Zimbabwe Science Teacher Training Project and that guided the approach adopted to the design, filming, editing, and distribution of the materials produced. (Author)

The progress of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University's model of an Employee Career Development Program is reported. The program's roots and relationships are explored as well as the results of a cooperative effort between an employee relations/personnel office and a university counselor education program area. (Author/MLW)

This report documents results of Baltimore's Sandtown-Winchester Neighborhood Transformation (NT) Initiative, focusing on key decisions that helped shape the initiative. NT was one of the first attempts to systematically bring together diverse strands of thinking about comprehensive community change to overcome conditions that undermine…

Training is a technical term, applicable to interventions that result in a performance outcome, however, the term is often used inappropriately to elevate conglomerations of content to training status even though no performance improvement results, or is ever likely to result. Myths about evaluation, that it is optional, or too expensive, or…

This is one of six innovative sessions organized by the AHRD Scholar-Practitioner Committee. It examines how research and theory can be applied to inform common practitioner questions on evaluation. By examining use of research and theory to inform evaluation practice, session attendees will consider how to improve their own evaluations and link…

This article describes the stages of a formative evaluation process for a professional development project. It was designed to support teachers in urban schools as they implement student-centered practices. The four stages of the evaluation that can serve as a road map for this type of collaboration are: (1) the program vision and anticipated…

At the Temple University Center for Research in Human Development and Education, Pennsylvania's largest independent multidisciplinary evaluation program, approximately 300 preschool aged children are evaluated annually to determine developmental performance in the areas of cognition, speech-language, gross and fine motor skills, social-emotional…

Discusses the conduct of a master degree industrial management program at the Polytechnic Institute of New York for students with undergraduate training in engineering and science. Indicates that the program is characterized by unique options developed on the basis of students' strengths and proved satisfactory in fostering actual upward mobility.…

Whether the model in black studies is a department, a center, an institute or an interdisciplinary program it should consist of a minimum of four components: academic, community, cultural, and evaluative; each of the components should be interrelated to provide students with significant experiences according to their goals. (Author/JM)

Author believes that universities are failing their responsibilities for filling the demand for leaders in continuing education programs. This failure results in part from institutions of higher learning that purport to provide leadership training but actually are inadequately staffed with faculty competent to teach leadership. (Author/CB)

Discussed the need to reach agreement on precise objectives in sex education. (Author/RK)

Early evidence from an evaluation of the Child and Family Resource Program (a Head Start demonstration) suggests that this program influences parent-child interaction in ways that promote children's social and cognitive development. (Author)

This article (1) defines "experiential learning" and some of its properties, purposes, and forms; (2) proposes a framework for thinking about evaluating educational programs; and (3) offers recommendations for future research to explore the value of experiential learning, guide program development, and increase knowledge about youth socialization…