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Soulé, María-Victoria; Stylianou, Kostas; Yerou, Christina; Xerou, Eftychia; Tsitsi, Theologia; Charalambous, Andreas – Research-publishing.net, 2021
The HERO project aims to develop a training program for caregivers to be working in the elderly care sector. The program is particularly addressed to caregivers from Middle Eastern and African countries as refugees and intends to help them integrate into European society. This paper seeks to offer an overview of the project, including its…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Caregiver Training, Program Development, Refugees
Riley, Dan – 1982
During the 1960s, weightlifters and bodybuilders were the primary source for strength training methods, and their techniques were used by coaches to train athletes. In weight-training, it is the responsibility of trainers and coaches to provide the athlete with a program that produces the best results, consumes the least amount of time, and best…
Descriptors: Athletes, Athletic Coaches, Exercise Physiology, Muscular Strength
Mullinix, Bonnie B. – 1999
This paper describes the history of a 4-year evolution of the Namibian Trainer of Trainers (ToT) program from conceptualization to sustainable implementation. After 23 years of armed struggle, most Namibian adults were in need of skills and knowledge. The project had been designed to reach out to historically disadvantaged populations and support…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Indigenous Personnel
Treffman, Stephen A. – 1976
Many organizations assign responsibility for planning, administering, and coordinating programs of training for their employees or members to a specialist whose title is usually director of education or training. Not much is known, however, about the process by which that role emerges. By studying the way training evolves in organizations where…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Programs, Industrial Training, Institutional Role
Crume, Charles T., Jr.; And Others – 1992
This guide provides information on organizing a state volunteer hunter education association, and reviews the development and accomplishments of the Kentucky Hunter Education Association. State associations use volunteer instructors to provide programs educating hunters on good sportsmanship, honesty, citizenship, self-reliance, and prevention of…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Nonprofit Organizations
Miller, Sayers – 1982
An overview is presented of the current state of athletic training education. In examining the quality of the curriculum offered for the preparation of athletic trainers, it is noted that a background in such basic sciences as anatomy and physiology is essential and that considerable improvement is needed in the area of clinical experience. It is…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Athletes, Clinical Experience, Curriculum
Wortham, Forest B. – 1994
A study examined the program planning steps used by trainers on the job and the differences between the identified planning steps and the program planning models outlined in the adult education literature. Training managers from five corporations with headquarters in the Pittsburgh area were interviewed, and supporting documents about each…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Corporate Education, Educational Planning
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1996
This document contains four papers presented at a symposium on practitioner states moderated by Kay Bull at the 1996 conference of the Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD). "The Effect of Locus of Control and Performance-Contingent Incentives on Productivity and Job Satisfaction in Self-Managing Teams" (Bonnie E. Garson, Douglas…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Case Studies, Corporate Education
Wallington, Clint – 1981
While most training and development/institutional development professionals are familiar with either the world of formal higher education or the world of training in the business/industrial sector, few training and development practitioners are familiar with both. It is necessary to coordinate the efforts between these two spheres in order to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education, Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Development