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Wakahiu, Jane M. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This qualitative case study assesses the impact of a three-year Hilton Foundation-supported, Sisters Leadership Development Initiative (SLDI) in five African nations. The goal was to evaluate the SLDI program for increasing leadership capacities of 340 women in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ghana and Nigeria. The purpose of this study was to determine…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Foreign Countries, Leadership, Teaching Methods
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Hramiak, Alison – Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 2010
A purpose-built blend of teaching and learning activities was used with trainee teachers on a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) course, and subsequently evaluated in a cyclical action research study, over a period of two years. The purpose of the blend was to engender the formation of a learning community, by giving them access to each…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Community, Action Research, Distance Education
Zeller, Frederick A.; Miller, Robert W.
This report describes the training provided by West Virginia University in cooperation with the AFL-CIO Appalachian Council, of 114 union leaders in the Appalachian Region for work in community action. Some objectives of the training periods, divided into four 1-week sessions, were to help the leaders organize low-income groups for effective…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Action, Labor Utilization, Leadership Training
Far West Lab. for Educational Research and Development, San Francisco, CA. – 1979
This report, final in a series of seven, describes the training model developed from a research project addressing the problem of coping with disruptive behavior in the classroom. A detailed description is given of the activities undertaken by an inservice class. A preliminary evaluation of the impact of the class upon participants is presented.…
Descriptors: Coping, Discipline, Elementary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Jones, Tom; Gisler, John – 1973
The project involved 14 trainees who were employed by the Utah Migrant Council prior to their training with 8 trainers. Pre-determined by the basic job descriptions for the Health Specialist, the objectives dealt with two basic factors: trainee knowledge and trainee skills in performing specific tasks. Areas covered by the objectives were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Allied Health Occupations, Competency Based Education, Health Education
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Johnson, Terry R.; Geller, Daniel M. – Evaluation Review, 1992
The results of a computer-assisted instruction (CAI) project at 10 Job Corps centers nationwide with 5,379 trainees indicate that effects of CAI after about 60 hours of classroom instruction are small and achievement gains are not significantly different from those of students taught conventionally. CAI may help motivate students. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction
Meyer, Warren G.; And Others – 1975
Purposes, goals, procedures, and practices of past and present cooperative vocational education programs are discussed. A broad spectrum of areas is covered in the 11 chapters, which are also designed to stand on their own: (1) Purposes of Cooperative Vocational Education; (2) Roles of a Teacher-Coordinator; (3) Tasks of a Teacher-Coordinator; (4)…
Descriptors: Career Development, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordination