Describes the planning, development, and evaluation of an inservice program for the teachers and principal of Eagle Lake Elementary School in Winter Haven, Florida. (JG)

The purpose of the present survey was to provide overall as well as facility-specific information about the nature of the training programs at APA approved internship agencies based on the experiences of the interns at these agencies. (Authors)

The author states his opinion that much of what passes for business training, especially programs referred to as management development, is virtually worthless. He attributes this to training managers' shallow understanding of the potential of training, and lack of sincere attempts to utilize training effectively. (MF)

Emory University's external management institutes for government and industry provided an ideal model for an in-house development program. (Editor)

Results-based management (RBM) is an approach to programme planning and management that integrates strategy, people, resources, processes and measurements to improve decision-making, transparency and accountability. The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) began the adoption of a RBM model with its 2003-2006 Three-Year Plan. This led to a significantly…

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…

Maintains that graduate training in sociology is an uneasy compromise between teaching new sociologists practical knowledge and doing what a department's various constituencies demand. Suggests that faculty should develop a continuing dialogue with students and incorporate them, formally and informally, in their work. (Author/DH)

The revision of the 1969 statement is intended to serve as a guide for planning programs or for the evaluation of existing programs for Library/Media Technical Assistants. (Author/NH)

Examines learning points, the functions they serve in manager-employee discussion, how they are developed, and how to teach people to observe them, both in watching models and their own behavior. (Author/RK)

The leaders in education, business, industry, commerce, labor, and community organizations in the Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana region are challenged to confront problems in training workers for technological occupations. One facet of the problem is the task of meeting immediate manpower needs and the other is the long-range task of providing an…

A driver improvement training program using multimedia classroom lessons and multiple car driving range exercises was given to U.S. Coast Guard recruits. Training was evaluated by comparing matched control and experimental groups. Baseline data including driving history, biographical, and physical characteristics was collected. Driving range,…

The article deals with the theory that the educator as internal consultant has the responsibility to persuade today's management not to choose tomorrow's leadership on the basis of yesterday's standards. (Author/EK)

Presents guidelines for the evaluation of parent training programs. Guidelines emphasize that components of evaluation should occur before, during, and after implementation of any training program. Recommends that the content of programs and the training methods employed should be based on sound theoretical principles and on evidence of…

The second phase--planning phase--in a three-part training evaluation process for organizations, businesses, and/or industry is presented through dramatization and commentary. (Steps in this phase include design, organize, estimate cost, offer options and negotiate, and present findings.) A flow chart traces the entire training evaluation process.…