Understanding the impact of workshops that include mobile demonstrations for describing technical applications can be useful when planning an Extension program on new energy technologies. We used a mobile demonstration in a workshop that provided information on small-scale on-farm biodiesel production. Evaluation of the workshop outcomes…

The purpose of the project was to evaluate the use of an interactive workshop designed to teach novel practical welfare techniques to beef cattle caretakers and decision makers. Following training, respondents reported being more likely to use or recommend use of local anesthesia for dehorning and castration and were more inclined to use meloxicam…

Higher education in Australia attracts many international students. Universities are challenged to prepare them with the necessary understandings, knowledge and skills to effectively participate in their study. For international students, understanding Early Childhood contexts in Australia is a new way of viewing teaching and learning from their…

Student assessment, particularly at classroom level, remains an integral part of teaching and learning and is a driving force for the implementation of educational policies and practices in many countries. Nevertheless, problems associated with teachers' classroom assessment practices continue to exist in schools and research shows that teachers…

The study involved 14 volunteer facilitators, four UBC staff members, and the researcher as participant; the data collected were observation notes, questionnaires, results from focus groups, and interviews. The study revealed that the key strengths of the training workshop lay in its approach to training, its focus on confidence and capacity…

Higher education professionals generally work in an information and communication technology (ICT) rich environment. In this paper, we present the findings of a study of computer competencies of higher education teachers working in the arts and science colleges of Puducherry region. The present research is aimed at answering the research questions…

SHAPES--an acronym for the South Plains Child Care Management Services (SpCCMS) Helping, Assisting and Preparing Educators and Staff--is also the name of a preschool readiness curriculum that is being developed for use by administrators and teachers. The first phase of the curriculum development consists of the publication of five books to be used…

Studied the effectiveness of a five and one-half day workshop and an alternate three and one-half day workshop on organization development in developing a more democratic style of leadership in Illinois park and recreation supervisory personnel. The shorter workshop resulted in a more positive leadership style change than the longer one. (JJD)

Examines the change in professed attitudes of supervisory personnel in a southeastern state's government agencies toward employee grievance procedures after a workshop training program. Results of a questionnaire administered four months after the workshop show that a positive attitude towards grievance handling persisted. (JJD)

This report summarizes the efforts made to provide linker training to educational personnel at the local and regional levels in West Virginia. The workshop evaluation follows a review of: (1) the rationale for the National Institute of Education's funding of regionally located Research and Development Exchanges; (2) the workshop planning procedure…

Conducted between December 8, 1968, and June 20, 1969, in a cooperative arrangement between the University of Maryland and the State police organizations of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, and West Virginia, four interdisciplinary, residential management development seminars four weeks long (two week split…

The first University of Maryland two week residential police instructor seminar on training (PIST)--a pilot project--was held during May 5-11 and May 26 through June 1, 1968; the second, incorporating changes arising from evaluation of the pilot project, was held April 27 through May 3 and May 25-29, 1969. Participants in the two programs numbered…

A workshop in social conflict and negotiative problem solving was developed by The Improving Teaching Competencies Program of the Northwest Regional Education Laboratory. Participants--teachers, administrators, and other school personnel--were provided with multiple opportunities to be involved in learning about conflict at personal,…

Discusses the growth of educational technology in China and describes computer training workshops that were held to increase computer literacy and to suggest critical ways of thinking about the use of computers in academic and administrative settings. Results of research on changes in technology use, including needs assessment surveys, are…

This paper describes a collaborative effort aimed at province-wide dissemination and implementation of pivotal response treatment (PRT) for young children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in Nova Scotia, Canada. Three critical components of the associated training model are described: (1) direct training of treatment teams (parents, one-to-one…