Three brief examples of a learner-centered approach to adult education in Wales are given: adults with learning difficulties, a women's video course, and basic skills course for unemployed miners. The radical redefining of adult learning and the cultural change required of the institution and the student are addressed. (SK)

Reviews literature on group leadership from various theoretical orientations and maintains that variable group leadership functions are necessary to address needs of different client populations and to adapt to different clinical settings. Describes four leadership functions found to be related to outcome in research by Lieberman, Yalom, and Miles…

Although racial identity theory has the potential to explain some aspects of career development, its value would be increased by conceptualizing race as a dependent variable in research and theory. Examples involving career salience, satisfaction, and satisfactoriness demonstrate the limitations of racial comparison studies. (SK)

All staff at the University of New England (Australia) were surveyed concerning job-related stress factors and their effects on emotional and physical well-being. Job significance, workload, work politics, interpersonal dealings at work, work conditions, and university reorganization were major stressors. Both job and nonwork stress were…

Discusses the issue of sexual orientation in the workplace and how to deal with it as an aspect of workplace diversity efforts. Indicates the importance of having information about the experiences of gay men and lesbians in one's organization and offers suggestions for gathering the information. (JOW)

Converting job materials into a basic skills curriculum requires collection of information about job functions; worker abilities; social, cultural, and interpersonal aspects of the workplace; and written materials used on the job. A balance should be struck between literacy and job skills. (JOW)

New technologies require a fast pace of workforce training that should involve employers, employees, community colleges, and the government. Lifelong learning is a necessity not only for professions requiring licensing or certification but for all workers. (JOW)

Presents annual review of important books and articles written in field of career counseling and development in 1992. Discusses articles that clarified meaning of career counseling and reviews articles dealing with understanding of self; work environment; decision-making process; implementing educational and vocational decisions; and adjusting to…

Career education, with demonstrated results in theory and practice, offers a strong, essential, and recognized opportunity for the support and development of high quality education and work for the 1990s and beyond. (Author)

Responses from 268 of 869 local government workers (majority Mexican Americans) revealed differences in satisfaction with jobs and work environment between Mexican Americans and Anglos. Co-worker relations and quality of supervision were rated lower by Mexican Americans, but, as a numerical majority, they were more satisfied with personnel…

Careful planning can help principals manage two schools without eroding their sanity. Two-school principals should use color-coding to keep meetings straight, devise a work schedule that accommodates both schools, develop a workable off-campus communication system, eat lunch with students, and create a card-and-candy student-recognition system.…

Summarizes a case study of dilemmas facing a Western Australian secondary headteacher involved in restructuring his school. Analyzes his methods of coping with intractable situations (like school expansion and performance management) and outcomes. Dilemmas offer both opportunities and challenges for visionary, proactive, and creative school…

Describes six key work force and workplace trends facing human resource managers and implications for training and development: technology, globalization, cost containment, speed of market change, importance of knowledge capital, and change itself. (SK)

"Generation Next" are the 68 million people born between 1977 and 1994. They are the first generation that has grown up with such technologies as computers, the Internet, compact disks, and microwaves and they have more education than previous generations. They will have an effect on trainers and training methods in the workplace. (JOW)

Discusses the workplace-based accommodations that allowed a 45-year-old Southeast Asian woman with a moderate hearing deficit, who was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, to continue to perform her duties as a checkout operator. Emphasizes the importance of conducting workplace evaluations before providers offer advice on vocational matters. (CR)