How can young women in developing countries best be prepared for success in their lives and livelihoods? Life preparation requires learning different types of knowledge and skills in formal, non-formal, and informal learning contexts. Since the advent of the Education for All initiative in 1990, the international community has recognized that in…

The adaptation of training programs to employees with different value systems can produce better results--and clarify why program evaluations often vary widely. (For availability, see EA 507 433.) (Author)

Author compares his philosophy on training which heheld twelve years ago with that he believes currently. (RK)

Contemporary training programs should be free of false assumptions and focus on individual growth and those functions that support every training effort: manpower development with planned direction, relevant training tied to a career path determining real needs through pretraining research, and performance measurement. (Author/BP)

The speech communications professionals who are involved in training and consulting need to conceptualize and talk about their activities as communication educators--not as trainers. Clients should be taught to make interpretive choices appropriate to their rhetorical environment, in addition to learning basic skills. As educators in the corporate…