The activities of the Institute of Library Research (ILR) of the University of California (UC) are directed towards the objectives of education, research and public service. This report summarizes activities in six programs: (1) research, (2) aid to instruction through classroom instruction by staff members, on-line laboratory facilities and…

Discusses a study to determine the effectiveness of training prisoners as peer counselors through a series of videotaped programs. This method, which proved as effective as a "live" training experience, provides an alternative to correctional institutions in short supply of funds. (KC)

The performance of 22 trainable mentally handicapped Ss (6-12 years old) given training in the identification and utilization in object sorting of dimensional properties of form, size, and color was compared with nontrained controls. (Author)

Characteristics of 48 industrial training methods taken from various research surveys are listed and analyzed, with implications for industrial teacher education. Forty-one of the methods are participatory for the recipient, and there is an almost even spread between group and individual training methods. (MF)

The article describes an emerging approach to the development of training known as behavior modeling, based on the principles of social-learning theory. Applications of modeling and social learning to training and reports of successful behavior-modeling programs in various businesses are included. (MF)

Senior medical students served simultaneously as programmed simulated patients and skill preceptors in an approach designed to combine (1) an optimum opportunity for the student consistently to receive immediate, direct feedback regarding skill performance, and (2) the recognized advantages of simulated patients in teaching these skills. (LBH)

Three training programs for girl-shy males were designed. The effectiveness of a response-acquisition treatment was compared with a cognitive self-statement modification treatment, a combination of these two, and a waiting-list control group. The results indicated that subjects trained in cognitive self-statement modification showed significantly…

Single-subject reversal designs were used in teaching elderly nursing-home residents to change dependency behavior and to reacquire and maintain self-feeding skills. Fast control of self-feeding was obtained. Results are discussed. (Author)

Twenty-eight different courses in Britain, Europe, and the U.S. were examined, most of which involved participants only as passive members of an audience listening to a lecture or watching a demonstration. Preferences were for a workshop design that is flexible, learner-oriented, and encourages individuals to study themselves in a learning group…

The National Association of College Stores has for 31 years offered intensive formal training in bookstore management. The NACS Management Survey/Management Seminar, Booksellers School, and Advanced Seminars on Personnel Supervision and Financial Management are described. (LBH)

Elements to be included in a systematic approach to helping managers in their work and in the process to obtain relevant learning are outlined, along with methods of handling the interaction between the work pressures on managers and trends in the business environment. (MF)

This paper offers an overview of the Kohlberg theory and describes the curriculum materials, teaching process, and the techniques for teacher training used in the research design for the Values Education Project. Paper presented at the American Psychological Association Meeting, Chicago, 1975. (Author)

This article defines competency-based education for consultant trainees and describes some of the more common approaches used in identifying, organizing, classifying, and evaluating competencies that training programs seek to develop in consultants-in-training. The differences in the delivery systems for CBE and more traditional training models…

A review of programs designed to prepare both Third World and Western journalists for worldwide careers in the media is presented. The need for journalism training is noted and consideration is given to formal and informal programs, internships, observation tours, awards, and programs abroad. (LBH)