Participation Training for Adult Education serves as a manual, guide, and resource for leaders and participants interested in establishing a program of adult learning called group-participation training. Goals emphasize participants learning about themselves as learners, how they relate to and can help others, and exploring the dynamics of a…

Recommendations are given for introductory courses for potential and recently appointed training officers in British industry, particulary those of medium size. The course should cover a minimum period of 120 hours in an approved college; it should include sessions on the training function, assessment of training needs, formulating and…

The purpose of the project reported on and evaluated in the document is to develop new approaches in Adult Basic Education to motivate undereducated, alienated, and disadvantaged American Indian adults. The project is located in central Arizona, serving a population of about 8,000. High school-dropout rates, unemployment, alcoholism, and health…

Youth development lies at the heart of the Workforce Investment Act and the Youth Opportunity Movement. Like employment training programs for adults, employment training programs for youth should focus on acquisition of skills, gainful employment, and productive citizenship. Beyond these three characteristics, it is essential that programs for…

This manual is intended to assist volunteer coordinators involved in the Kansas Volunteer Tutor Utilization (KV-TUTOR) project. The first section, which deals with planning, covers management by objectives and a clarification system to test objectives that is denoted by the acronym SMAC (specific, measurable, achievable, compatible). A section on…