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Warmbrod, Catharine P. – Journal of Industry--Education Cooperation, 1980
Industry and education should expand their work together to actively include lifelong education. This would benefit the student, industry and society. Examples of industry-education collaboration illustrate responses to cyclic life patterns. (JOW)
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Labor Education, Lifelong Learning, School Business Relationship
O'Donnel, Margaret; Colby, Lee – Training, 1979
Describes an insurance company's development of an assertiveness training course for managers, supervisors, and clerical staff. (CSS)
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Assertiveness, Course Descriptions, Program Descriptions
Bartz, Alice – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1978
Defines the concept of the teacher center, traces its development in three countries (Great Britain, Japan, and the United States), and draws implications for the school media supervisor. (Author)
Descriptors: Educational Media, Essays, Media Specialists, Relationship
Margolis, Jan – Training and Development Journal, 1979
The 1979 American Society of Training and Development (ASTD) President, Jan Margolis, discusses the organization's challenges and role. Identifies 1979-80 ASTD goals which cluster in four areas: representation and leadership in the human resource field, professionalism, member and leadership development, and maintaining a healthy organization.…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Objectives, Opinions, Professional Associations
Meyer, G. Rex; Jenkins, Carole – Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 1979
Discusses the problems related to evaluating in-service minicourses at Macquarie University, Sydney, and the results of two preliminary studies. The first examined participants' perceptions of the degree to which specified objectives were achieved for each course. The second was a questionnaire surveying the opinions of past participants.…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Inservice Education, Minicourses
Hohenshil, Thomas H. – American Vocational Journal, 1977
Describes 10 principles considered useful in planning short-term vocational education professional development activities. Thorough planning, active involvement of participants, and a lively mix of presentation styles is emphasized. (HD)
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Conferences, Guidelines, Professional Personnel
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Brandt, Ron; Dillon, Betty – Educational Planning, 1977
Describes the planning cycle being used in the Lincoln, Nebraska, schools and explains the role of staff development in the total program improvement model. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Needs Assessment, Program Descriptions
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Scales, Peter C. – Child Welfare, 1997
Surveyed 659 family support workers regarding their training and services for families with 10- to 15-year olds. Found that 30 to 50% rated training as inadequate or poor, had inaccurate knowledge about young adolescent development, and felt they were doing an inadequate job promoting developmental assets for youth. Higher quality training was…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Early Adolescents, Family Programs, Program Effectiveness
Everard, Bertie – Horizons, 1997
The United Kingdom lacks a framework of nationally recognized professional qualifications for outdoor trainers and facilitators. Various definitions of competence are examined, and suggestions are offered for improving approaches to establishing staff competence. Includes a model of personal development dimensions, and compares U.K. and U.S.…
Descriptors: Competence, Foreign Countries, Outdoor Education, Qualifications
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Green, Michael – Career Development International, 1997
In mentoring, individual, group, or organizational issues may arise, and mentors must discern the difference in order to tailor interventions accordingly. An important dynamic is the unconscious: what individuals or organizations are unaware that they are communicating. (SK)
Descriptors: Individual Development, Interpersonal Relationship, Mentors, Personal Space
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Greenwood, Bonnie B.; And Others – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 1997
Responding members of the Florida Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (196 of 600) were 93% white; they served a wide variety of cultural groups. Primary sources of support for working with diverse populations were colleagues, friends, and personal background. Members rarely received financial support for diversity training, which they…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Financial Support, Home Economics, Social Support Groups
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Pitkala, Kaisu H.; Niemi, Monica; Suomivuori, Lisbeth – Educational Gerontology, 2003
A Finnish nursing home's team development process included brainstorming on the characteristics of good teams, profiling of team members' nursing skills, analysis of tasks, and identification of ways to improve work quality and information flow to residents. Team building required clarification of work structures, determination of the…
Descriptors: Brainstorming, Foreign Countries, Geriatrics, Nursing Homes
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Murphy, Judy – Career Development International, 2002
An Irish bank's program for entry-level college-educated workers involved short-term training and long-term development activities, structured on-the-job training, personal development planning, peer learning groups, and learning logs. Retention increased 12%; 24% of these workers were promoted to management. The program was highly cost effective.…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Entry Workers, Foreign Countries, Labor Turnover
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Carroll, Stephen J.; Gillen, Dennis J. – Journal of Management Development, 2002
Surveys of 38 managers identified critical components in their effectiveness in performing a teaching role with subordinates: acceptance of the manager/teacher role, effective teaching methods, and the acceptance of the teaching by learners. Influences on the role were perceived performance pressures and rewards, ability to simplify complexity,…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Role, Staff Development, Supervisor Supervisee Relationship
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McDonald, Kimberly S.; Hite, Linda M.; Gilbreath, Brad – Career Development International, 2002
Focus group interviews with 49 hourly employees explored job satisfaction and the role of career development activities. Satisfied workers were either not interested in advancement or felt they had advancement opportunities. Dissatisfied workers perceived inadequate rewards and lack of opportunities. Results suggested that fairness issues may…
Descriptors: Career Development, Job Satisfaction, Occupational Aspiration, Promotion (Occupational)
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