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Kotey, Bernice; Saini, Bandana; While, Lesley – International Journal of Training Research, 2011
The study investigated employee learning strategies in community pharmacies in Australia and the factors that explain differences among pharmacies in the strategies employed. A qualitative methodology was applied, involving semi-structured interviews with owners, managers, or senior employees of 12 pharmacies. The findings revealed learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Workplace Learning, Staff Meetings, Employee Attitudes
Slotte, Virpi; Herbert, Anne – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to evaluate learners' attitudes to the use of simulation-based e-learning as part of workplace learning when socially situated interaction and blended learning are specifically included in the instructional design. Design/methodology/approach: Responses to a survey questionnaire of 298 sales personnel were…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Instructional Design, Staff Development, Web Based Instruction

Arredondo, Daisy E.; Block, James H. – Educational Leadership, 1990
According to recent research, when teachers focus on higher mental processes (problem solving, application of principles, analytical skills, and creativity) within a mastery learning format, students' thinking skills and knowledge levels improve. Baltimore County (Maryland) and East Islip (New York) School Districts have programs integrating…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Integrated Activities, Learning Strategies
Sloman, Martyn; Philpott, John – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2006
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to consider whether the shift from training to learning is related to employment categories using a categorisation popularised by Robert Reich. Design/methodology/approach: Collation and analysis of existing CIPD research information and assessment of labour statistics. Findings: An examination of the national…
Descriptors: Job Training, Public Policy, Vocational Education, Human Resources

McConnell, James H.; L'Italien, Patti; Green, Kathy; Burger, Ron – Rural Educator, 1999
Describes how previously trained teachers, principals, and professors work with educators at different stages of development to implement successful cooperative learning. Examines four staff development stages in cooperative learning (awareness, trial and experimentation, growth and maintenance, and renewal) and specific activities of key role…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Collegiality, Consultants, Cooperative Learning
2000
This packet contains three papers from a symposium on the future of human resource development. The first paper, "Should We Define the Profession of HRD? Views of Leading Scholars" (Wendy E. A. Ruona), explores whether human resource development (HRD) should be defined and why, which was one theme that emerged from a qualitative study of beliefs…
Descriptors: Adults, Business Administration, Educational Needs, Educational Philosophy

Marzano, Robert J.; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1990
Teachers' actions are thought to produce certain types of student thinking. To devise effective inservice programs, educators must understand four learning principles and five thinking dimensions enabling students to develop positive learning attitudes and acquire, integrate, and extend their knowledge. A new "curriculum" of preservice…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Creative Thinking, Critical Thinking, Educational Environment
Grimes, Larry E. – 1989
Between 1985 and 1988 eight colleges implemented a "Thinking Across the Curriculum" program and a procedure for assessing the impact of the program on the cognitive development and thinking skills of students. One hundred and twenty faculty members participated in the project and approximately 1,800 students studied in courses developed…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, College Faculty, College Students
Symington, David; Osborne, Roger – 1983
Science programs provided for primary school have not always been successful. A major reason suggested is that some programs place demands on teachers which many teachers find difficult to meet and which give rise to concerns which restrict their development as teachers of science. Based on the work of the the Learning in Science Project…
Descriptors: Concept Teaching, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science

Slavin, Robert E. – Journal of Education Finance, 1999
After a funding-equity victory, there is no guarantee that districts will adopt effective programs to improve student achievement. Programs with the greatest payoff for disadvantaged students include early-childhood programs, one-on-one tutoring, Success for All, James Comer's School Development Program, and extensive staff development. (38…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Educational Equity (Finance)

Cordeiro, Paula A.; And Others – 1997
This study examined learning transfer in adult acquisition of group process skills using a problem-based learning (PBL) approach to staff development in one school district. The study's theoretical framework included learning transfer, adult and organizational learning, and group work. Subjects, 29 instructional leaders and administrators,…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Change Strategies, Educational Administration, Educational Change