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Malan, Lianne; van Dijk, Gerda; Fourie, David – Africa Education Review, 2016
Road safety education is a complex phenomenon which should be viewed holistically if taken into account the interconnectedness of education, infrastructure and enforcement. Effective road safety education is specifically important for learners in the Further Education and Training (FET) band, as they are active contributors to a community. The…
Descriptors: Traffic Safety, Continuing Education, Criticism, Knowledge Level
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Gagliardi, Anna R.; Brouwers, Melissa C.; Finelli, Antonio; Campbell, Craig E.; Marlow, Bernard A.; Silver, Ivan L. – Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 2011
Introduction: Self-audit involves self-collection of personal performance data, reflection on gaps between performance and standards, and development and implementation of learning or quality improvement plans by individual care providers. It appears to stimulate learning and quality improvement, but few physicians engage in self-audit. The…
Descriptors: Program Design, Physicians, Patients, Outcomes of Treatment
Moore, Donald E., Jr. – New Directions for Continuing Education, 1980
Reviews the needs assessment studies described in this journal issue. Concludes that (1) lessons from completed needs assessments can help continuing education practitioners plan and conduct future studies, and (2) a rational, need-reduction, decision-making approach can improve continuing education programs. (CT)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Decision Making, Models
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Kicklighter, Jana R. – Journal of Allied Health, 1984
Presents an analysis of the literature on three major components affecting continuing education for health care professionals: the goals of continuing education, the design of programs, and the outcomes of efforts. Specific recommendations are provided. (Author/CT)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations, Continuing Education, Educational Objectives, Performance
Bender, Red – 1980
The last decade has seen an increase in the number of organized pre-retirement planning programs. An exploratory model for examining such programs utilizes Warren's division of the community into five sectors to provide a conceptual community framework by which pre-retirement development can be analyzed. In the first sector,…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Aging (Individuals), Community Programs, Community Services
Patterson, Wayne – 1999
This survey takes a best-practices approach to several major issues involving graduate certificate programs; these include: (1) leadership (whether the graduate school should administer certificate programs, state regulation, procedures for approving new programs, impact on student diversity, and terminology); (2) management (whether certificate…
Descriptors: College Credits, College Curriculum, College Faculty, Continuing Education
Wonacott, Michael E. – 2002
Teaching is a very difficult field to master, and the challenges faced by beginning career and technical education (CTE) teachers are especially great. Teacher induction, which usually takes 5-6 years, is the total of all the teacher's experiences from the moment the first teaching contract is signed until the teacher is comfortably established as…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Continuing Education