In addition to describing how training programs for African refugees fail to meet the needs of women (who along with children are the majority of refugees), this document offers guidelines for improving the programs and, thus, the productivity and incomes of women refugees. The first section, called "Women Refugees: The Overlooked…

The first comprehensive studies to identify the adult educator's role can be traced back to Hallenbeck's work in 1948. Two works on this same topic, both published in 1978, stand out with regard to their techniques and thoroughness. The first of these is Bunning and Rossman's survey of adult educators to determine a core of common skills and…

Provides human resource development (HRD) professionals with an overview of literature on long-term curriculum planning for training in business and industry. Procedures for designing a training curriculum are described, and results are presented from a national survey of training practitioners on the current status of curriculum planning for…

This report describes apprenticeship system development in Australia and provides a quantitative macro-level analysis of apprenticeship, traineeship, and new apprenticeship trends. Following an introduction (chapter 1), chapters 2-3 trace its European origins and establishment in colonial Australia, development and evolution through the twentieth…