Although content-based instruction may eventually produce the same quality of learning as skill-based training, the latter produces results more quickly because skills are practiced earlier. Commonly used for teaching computer skills, the skill-based approach has other applications such as accelerated language learning and the Yamaha method of…

A model for training computerphobes addresses typical fears--of change, status loss, computer impact on society, isolation, failure, and job displacement. Four steps include (1) identifying target audience's needs; (2) accounting for human factors in training design; (3) desensitizing fears; and (4) providing advanced training. (SK)

The author thinks that the microcomputer will combine with the concept of lifelong learning to cause sweeping changes in our concepts of education, training, and career development. He further argues that these three areas are going to lose their separate identities and become parts of a comprehensive system. (SSH)

Discusses the difficulties facing vocational educators in attempting to keep up with the rapid changes in the job market in the area of computer-related programs. Urges vocational educators to emphasize problem-solving and communications skills. Describes some attempts to develop training for such positions as robotics technicians. (TW)

This policy statement and report on computers and jobs examines some of the changes that are affecting jobs and the preparation of both young people and adults for those jobs. The policy statement addresses these selected issues: preparation of firms and new and experienced workers for the introduction of computers into the workplace, the role of…

This Community Perspective Series document includes statements about young people in the new economy of Toronto made by three participants in the October 2000 annual general meeting of the Toronto Training Board. "A Hitchhiker's Guide to the New Economy" (Olivia Chow) suggests that training programs available to young people are…