Materials found useful in the Infant Care Project of the University of North Carolina are listed in this annotated bibliography. The three sections of the bibliography are: for trainees on-the-job, before-the-job; for trainers learning, planning, teaching; and audio-visual materials for trainees and trainers. (DB)

An instructional methods inventory was completed by 200 geologists and geophysicists, 117 of whom had just completed a technical seminar. Results indicate that field trips, illustrated lectures, and small-group simulations are highly effective instructional techniques. Results also indicate that four and one-half day seminars are preferred. (CH)

Identifies seven general areas of competence in the field of training technology derived from a model of training as communication. The role of trainer versus that of institutional instructor is compared; preparation of trainers is discussed; and occupational analysis is described, with emphasis on developing a curriculum (DACUM). (6 references)…

Studied motivational and environmental influences on training effectiveness. Tested an exploratory model describing the influence on trainee career and job attitudes on training outcomes (learning, behavior change, performance improvement). Results suggest that job involvement and career planning are antecedents of learning and behavior change.…

To give trainees a deeper level of experience, instructors often use role plays. In a role play, of course, learners enact the situation rather than merely talk about it. In a significant way, role plays let learners escape the environment of the classroom in order to behave as they would in real life. (SSH)

Compares self-perceptions of work attitudes in Comprehensive Employment and Training Act trainees with supervisors' perceptions of trainees' attitudes via the Affective Work Competencies Inventory (AWCI). Analysis shows dissimilarities in the way both groups perceived trainee work attitudes and raises questions about the validity of the AWCI for…

Discussed are the essential ingredients for building an effective internship program: highly motivated and competent faculty, commitment to purposes, well-structured academic input, assignments, credit, communication, funding. (JB)

Two objectives of the paraprofessional model-to open pathways for upward mobility in service jobs and to use indigenous people as mediators between agency and clientele-seem to conflict with each other. This study investigates the extent to which this potential dilemma is reflected in the aspirations of paraprofessional trainees. (Author)

A six-week Nursing Assistant Training Program is described which emphasizes the importance of developing communication skills for improving nurse-patient interaction. (CB)

This paper is concerned with a group of immature ESN school leavers specially selected for a course of work preparation at the Cliffdale Industrial Training Unit in Portsmouth. (Author)

Labor unions provide job and training information to servicemen at separation centers and throughout the country. Through Project Transition, pre-apprenticeship training is given to servicemen who may be placed as apprentices after discharge. (MF)

How a British factory set up an independent unit operated and managed entirely by trainees carrying out the functions for which they are destined in the main factory. (Editor)

Distinguishes between executives, administrators, and managers, and their differing training needs. (BH)

In a survey of 323 recent college graduates employed by the Army Materiel Command, some attitudes about current America arising from the study may lend a new perspective to the ideas about the highly charged campus atmosphere, its students, and how their beliefs are adjusted when they enter the work world. (Author)