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Wagner, Cecelia – Adult Learning, 2013
The new "green economy" affects adult education and workforce development as adult workers seek skills and knowledge that will help them find success in work and life. Recent years have brought about increased interest in and discussion of training for green jobs. Since the introduction of the Green Jobs Act in 2007, questions about how exactly to…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Career Development, Education Work Relationship, Expertise
Jayaraman, Gayatri; Knoche, Lisa; Marvin, Christine; Bainter, Sue – Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools, 2014
The Nebraska Early Childhood Coach (ECC) training was a 3 day (8 hours) professional development event sponsored by the Nebraska Department of Education, Office of Child Development in 2009-2010. Sixty-five early childhood teachers and related service providers participated for the purpose of learning the basic principles and behaviors associated…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Coaching (Performance)
Bimpitsos, Christos; Petridou, Eugenia – European Journal of Training and Development, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to discuss the benefits, barriers and challenges of the transdisciplinary approach to training, and to present findings of a case analysis. Design/methodology/approach: The paper is based on the research findings of an experimental training program for Greek local government managers co-funded by the European…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Foreign Countries, Local Government, Human Resources
Norton, Andrew Lawrence; Coulson-Thomas, Yvette May; Coulson-Thomas, Colin Joseph; Ashurst, Colin – European Journal of Training and Development, 2012
Purpose: There is a lack of research covering the training requirements of organisations implementing highly demanding information systems (HDISs). The aim of this paper is to help in the understanding of appropriate training requirements for such systems. Design/methodology/approach: This research investigates the training delivery within a…
Descriptors: Job Training, Information Systems, Resource Allocation, Delivery Systems
Braun, Gerald – Industry and Higher Education, 2012
Although a great deal of time, resources and effort goes into the education of potential or existing entrepreneurs, our knowledge of the effects of this education is still rather limited. It can be argued that an imbalance exists between the substantial amount of finance and manpower invested in entrepreneurship education programmes and the very…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Entrepreneurship, Developing Nations, Program Evaluation
Diamantidis, Anastasios D.; Chatzoglou, Prodromos D. – European Journal of Training and Development, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to highlight the training factors that mostly affect trainees' perception of learning and training usefulness. Design/methodology/approach: A new research model is proposed exploring the relationships between a trainer's performance, training programme components, outcomes of the learning process and training…
Descriptors: Training Objectives, Structural Equation Models, Program Evaluation, Performance Factors
Spowart, Matthew – Online Submission, 2012
The world is facing a shortage of clean drinking water. Current predictions, due to growing population, urbanization, and climate change estimate access to clean water to be further challenged in the coming years. Research has indicated that point of use (POU) technologies are likely to be the most efficient at delivering clean water (water…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Water, Microbiology, Sustainable Development
Dymock, Darryl; Billett, Stephen – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2010
Governments are currently mobilising their national workforces to compete effectively in a globalised economy where being export-effective and import-competitive are necessary to secure national economic and social goals. Australia is no exception here. Yet, in this country, as in others, similar mobilisations occurred in earlier times, most…
Descriptors: War, Foreign Countries, Labor Force Development, Educational History
Farrell, Glen M. – Commonwealth of Learning, 2009
Results-based management (RBM) is an approach to programme planning and management that integrates strategy, people, resources, processes and measurements to improve decision-making, transparency and accountability. The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) began the adoption of a RBM model with its 2003-2006 Three-Year Plan. This led to a significantly…
Descriptors: Models, Partnerships in Education, Strategic Planning, Guides
Peace Corps, 2004
"Community Content-Based Instruction" grew out of several development initiatives and field needs. It began to take shape in a Gender and Public Health Education for Teachers Workshop and an In-Service Education Workshop for Volunteers and their counterparts, in the spring of 1996 in Eritrea. Since that time, the concept has been further…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Workshops, Educational Technology, Teaching Methods