One of the successes of the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) has been to recognize the importance of advice and guidance to adults on courses as well as those wanting to access provision. Information, advice and guidance (IAG) matters: it helps people to overcome barriers to learning. It enables adults to identify what learning is right for them.…

The authors present information on how to design and deliver career workshops and seminars. They follow a model that features (1) needs assessment, (2) program planning, (3) program implementation, and (4) program evaluation. (CH)

Adult development forces the question of the role of continuing education as part of the background for more effective continuing education or as a way to develop understanding and support for health care professionals as they progress in their careers. (Author)

A study examined development programs, uncovered during a literature review, that would assist in the supervisory training of Wage Grade employees who are promoted to working supervisors. The examination determined guidelines that could be used to construct a supervisory internship program within the Phoenix Air Guard. Hall's experience-based…

To meet the challenge of a workplace shaped by technological change and global competition, employers and employees must identify their mutual interests in dealing with change and work together to plan career development programs that will benefit employers (by improving productivity and competitiveness) and employees (by enhancing their value in…

This paper presents the notions of lifelong learning and lifelong learners within a social perspective. In order to illustrate this social perspective, the need for lifelong learning, factors affecting the lifelong learner, and the characteristics of the lifelong learning population are discussed. Educational and program implications are provided…

Originally a diversion for disgruntled housewives, the continuing-education curriculum is becoming more comprehensive, with an accent on career options and job skills. (Editor)

Recommendations for program development with reduced resources include maintaining a quality-conscious approach to academic program development; appreciating and exhausting the entire institutional management process; making proactive use of resources; and finding and using the parallels between program planning and career development. (MSE)

A study examined the relationship between the training needs of sales/marketing trainers and their career stages. Data were collected for a self-administered questionnaire that was sent to a random sample of 291 members of the American Society for Training and Development who had been identified as sales and marketing trainers in the 1987 national…

Describes the development of a Hotel and Restaurant Management Program, designed to provide career training, develop educational opportunities, and provide a forum through which the continuing education needs of the local hospitality industry could be assessed and evaluated. (TP)

A successful "Mid-Career Alternatives Workshop" is described which was developed based on the examination of the reasons for failure of an earlier similar workshop in terms of publicity, student involvement, format, and timing. (JT)

This institute seeks to train qualified men and women in techniques of establishing programs for women based on a UCLA model of group counseling for women. The class presents women with the opportunity to develop self-knowledge and acquire guidance in pursuing educational and vocational goals. The five major components of the training program are…

Convergence of ideas from counseling and career psychology along with dramatic economic, social, and political changes call attention to the need to understand and respond to the career development of all people, but particularly that of youth. Changes in career education theory and practice include the following: a broader understanding of career…

This paper is based on the premises that comprehensive career development programs for kindergarten through post-secondary and adult education must be developed in order to meet individual and societal needs, and that for many youth, career development experiences represent a core around which other school experiences might be organized and made…

Based on stated 3-year (1973-1976) project goals, career education activities were provided to the identified adult population (unemployed, underemployed, mid-career, high school dropouts, parents, and women) in rural areas of the North Central Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education District of Wisconsin. Project activities included classes,…