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Broad, Mary L.; Newstrom, John W. – 1992
This book is intended to help managers, supervisors, and employees in U.S. organizations achieve full job performance by acquiring and applying effective strategies to transfer the knowledge and skills learned in training to the workplace. The book is divided into four parts. Part 1 covers the following aspects of the groundwork of transfer of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Education Work Relationship, Educational Strategies, Industrial Training
Dowd, Tom; And Others – 1994
Boys Town, founded in 1917 by Father Edward Flanagan, attempts to respond to the challenges faced by today's children and youth with its own child care model, called the Boys Town Family Home Program. This model is based on family-style nurturing, behavioral-based instruction, and a "systems" approach to staff training and development.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Abuse
Campbell, Clifton P., Ed. – 1996
This book, which is intended for practicing or aspiring instructors, curriculum developers, and others engaged in work force development at the secondary and postsecondary levels, contains eight papers explaining how to plan education and training for work. The following papers are included: "Determining the Market Demand for Skilled Workers"…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Cognitive Style, Education Work Relationship, Employment Potential
Giordano, Gerard – 1996
This book is a systematic exploration of literacy programs for adults with developmental disabilities. The following are among the topics discussed: issues in adult literacy (multicultural issues, combining literacy instruction with transition, and assessment of adult literacy); the developmental basis for adult literacy education (postformal…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Books
Eberts, Randall W., Ed.; O'Leary, Christopher J., Ed.; Wandner, Stephen A., Ed. – 2002
This document contains 13 papers on targeting employment services. The following papers are included: "Targeting Employment Services under the Workforce Investment Act" (Stephen A. Wandner); "Predicting the Exhaustion of Unemployment Compensation" (Robert B. Olsen, Marisa Kelso, Paul T. Decker, Daniel H. Klepinger);…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Counseling Services, Decision Making, Delivery Systems
van Wieringen, Fons, Ed.; Attwell, Graham, Ed. – 1999
This book contains 25 papers on vocational and adult education in Europe and the United States. The following papers are included: "Vocational and Adult Education in Europe: Introduction to the Volume" (Fons van Wieringen, Graham Attwell); "Introduction to Section 1: Markets and Institutions in Vocational and Adult Education"…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Apprenticeships
